bent

adj

Etymology: From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t.

1. Folded or dented out of its usual shape.
2. Corrupt, dishonest.
3. Homosexual.

   “Asked bluntly by Julie Webb of the NME whether he was “bent” in December 1974, Freddie answered evasively: “You're a crafty cow. […]””

4. Determined or insistent; inclined, set.

   “He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.”

   “They were bent on mischief.”

5. Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet.

   “Near-synonym: butthurt”

   “She was bent about "certain kinds of people" having civil rights; she wanted to roll those back.”

6. leading a life of crime.
7. Inaccurately aimed.

   “That shot was so bent it left the pitch.”

8. Suffering from the bends.
9. High from both marijuana and alcohol.

   “Man, I am so bent right now!”

name

1. A surname

noun

Etymology: From Middle English bent, benet, from Old English *beonot (attested only in place-names and personal names), from Proto-West Germanic *binut (“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin.

1. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.

   “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 [...].”

2. Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.).
3. A grassy area, grassland.

   “c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase Bowmen bickered upon the bent.”

4. Old dried stalks of grasses.

verb

Etymology: From Middle English bent-, preterite stem (as in bente, benten, etc.), and Middle English bent, ibent, ybent, past participle forms of Middle English benden (“to bend”). Equivalent to bend + -t.

1. simple past and past participle of bend