1. past and past part. of BEND(1) v.
--adj.
1. curved or having an angle.
2 sl. dishonest, illicit.
3 sl. sexually deviant.
4 (foll. by on) determined to do or have.
--n.
1. an inclination or bias.
2 (foll. by for) a talent for something specified (a bent for mimicry).2. n.1 a any stiff grass of the genus Agrostis. b any of various grasslike reeds, rushes, or sedges.
2 a stiff stalk of a grass usu. with a flexible base.
3 archaic or dial. a heath or unenclosed pasture.
Etymology: ME repr. OE beonet- (in place-names), f. Gmc