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bent1 / bent/ • past and past participle of bend1 . • adj. 1. sharply curved or having an angle: a piece of bent wire. 2. (bent on) determined to do or have something: a missionary bent on saving souls a mob bent on violence. • n. a natural talent or inclination: a man of religious bent. PHRASES: bent out of shape inf. angry or agitated: it was just a mistake, nothing to get bent out of shape about. bent2 • n. (also bent grass) a stiff grass (Agrostis and other genera) that is used for lawns and is a component of pasture and hay grasses. ∎ the stiff flowering stalk of a grass. |
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"bent." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bent." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bent.html "bent." The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English. 2009. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O999-bent.html |
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bent1 (arch.) reedy or rush-like grass; grassy plain, field XIV. repr. OE. beonet-, found as an element of place-names, e.g. Bēonetlēah (Bentley); corr. to OS. binet, OHG. binuz (G. binse) :- WGmc. *binut-, of unkn. orig.
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T. F. HOAD. "bent." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bent." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bent.html T. F. HOAD. "bent." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bent.html |
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bent2 †curved position; inclination; †extent to which a bow may be bent (fig. ‘to the top of my bent’, Sh.). XV. prob. f. BEND2 on the analogy of pairs like descend, descent, extend, extent.
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T. F. HOAD. "bent." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. T. F. HOAD. "bent." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bent1.html T. F. HOAD. "bent." The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology. 1996. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O27-bent1.html |
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•confidant • commandant • hierophant
•Rembrandt • Amirante
•gallivant
•aren't, aslant, aunt, can't, chant, courante, détente, enchant, entente, grant, implant, Nantes, plant, shan't, slant, supplant, transplant, underplant
•plainchant • ashplant • eggplant
•house plant • restaurant
•debutant, debutante
•absent, accent, anent, ascent, assent, augment, bent, cement, cent, circumvent, consent, content, dent, event, extent, ferment, foment, forewent, forwent, frequent, gent, Ghent, Gwent, lament, leant, lent, meant, misrepresent, misspent, outwent, pent, percent, pigment, rent, scent, segment, sent, spent, stent, Stoke-on-Trent, Tashkent, tent, torment, Trent, underspent, underwent, vent, went
•orient • comment • portent
•malcontent
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"bent." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 31 May. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>. "bent." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. (May 31, 2012). http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bent.html "bent." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Retrieved May 31, 2012 from Encyclopedia.com: http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1O233-bent.html |
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