1.
Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend .
2.
If an object is ~, it is damaged and no longer has its correct shape.
The trees were all ~ and twisted from the wind.
ADJ
3.
If a person is ~, their body has become curved because of old age or disease. (WRITTEN)
...a ~, frail, old man.
ADJ
4.
If someone is ~ on doing something, especially something harmful, they are determined to do it.
He’s ~ on suicide.
ADJ: v-link ADJ on/upon n/-ing disapproval
5.
If you have a ~ for something, you have a natural ability to do it or a natural interest in it.
His ~ for natural history directed him towards his first job.
= flair
N-SING: with supp, oft N for n
6.
If someone is of a particular ~, they hold a particular set of beliefs.
...economists of a socialist ~.
= persuasion
N-SING: adj N
7.
If you say that someone in a position of responsibility is ~, you mean that they are dishonest or do illegal things. (BRIT INFORMAL)
...this ~ accountant.
ADJ
8.
If someone is ~ double, the top part of their body is leaning forward towards their legs, usually because they are in great pain or because they are laughing a lot. In American English, you can also say that someone is ~ over double.
He left the courtroom on the first day ~ double with stomach pain.
PHRASE: oft PHR with/in n