See Also: bent 2, adjective(dictionary)
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bent 1,(dictionary)
Bent(medicine)
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bent(1)(dictionary)
bent 3, noun(dictionary)
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bent 2, adjective (oh)



2 adj

something that is bent is no longer flat or straight
::a bent nail
::Stand with your knees slightly bent.
::He breathed in deeply, bent double in pain (=with the top part of your body leaning forward towards your legs) .
::a bent old man (=not standing straight)
bent on sth
completely determined to do something, especially something bad
::a crowd of hooligans bent on violence
be bent on doing sth
::They seemed bent on destroying his career.
-see also hell-bent
BrE informal financially dishonest and willing to use your official position unfairly
-opposite honest honest
::a bent policeman
BrE informal not polite an insulting word meaning homosexual
bent out of shape
AmE spoken very angry or upset