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