[bɛnt], (Verb)

Definitions:


Phrases:
- bent out of shape

Origin:

[bɛnt], (Adjective)

Definitions:
- sharply curved or having an angle
(e.g: a piece of bent wire)

- determined to do or have
(e.g: a missionary bent on saving souls)

- dishonest; corrupt
(e.g: a bent cop)

- homosexual (typically used of a man)


Phrases:
- bent out of shape

Origin:

[bɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a natural talent or inclination
(e.g: a man of a religious bent)


Phrases:
- bent out of shape

Origin:

[bɛnt], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a stiff grass which is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses

- a heath or unenclosed pasture


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Origin:
Middle English: from Old English beonet (recorded in place names), of West Germanic origin; related to German Binse