Bent
Definitions
- An inclination or talent.
- Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
- A surname
- A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
- Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.).
- The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
- A grassy area, grassland.
- A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
- Old dried stalks of grasses.
- Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
- A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
- Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
- Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
- Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Equivalents
Examples
“He had a natural bent for painting.”
“the top of one's bent”
“They fool me to the top of my bent.”
““The Kingdom of the Wicked” is not Mr. Burgess at the top of his bent. It is not schlock.”
“His mind⟳ was of a technical bent.”
“the bent of a bow”
“the force⟳ they have⟳ in the discharge , according to several bents”
“Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent, / The temple stood of Mars armipotent”
“bents and turns of the matter⟳”
“the full bent and stress⟳ of the soul”
“His spear a bent, both stiff and strong.”
“Gunga Dass gave me a double⟳ handful of dried bents which I thrust down the mouth of the lair to the right of his, and followed myself, feet foremost [...].”
“Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent.”
“c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase⟳ Bowmen bickered upon the bent.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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