Definition of bent

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Bent (v.) The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow..

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Flection :: Flection (n.) The act of bending, or state of being bent..
Supple :: Supple (a.) Pliant; flexible; easily bent; as, supple joints; supple fingers..
Reclining :: Reclining (a.) Recumbent.
Prostrate :: Prostrate (a.) Trailing on the ground; procumbent.
Bowable :: Bowable (a.) Capable of being bowed or bent; flexible; easily influenced; yielding.
Tent :: Tent (n.) A roll of lint or linen, or a conical or cylindrical piece of sponge or other absorbent, used chiefly to dilate a natural canal, to keep open the orifice of a wound, or to absorb discharges..
Refracted :: Refracted (a.) Bent backward angularly, as if half-broken; as, a refracted stem or leaf..
Flexible :: Flexible (a.) Capable of being flexed or bent; admitting of being turned, bowed, or twisted, without breaking; pliable; yielding to pressure; not stiff or brittle..
Procumbent :: Procumbent (a.) Lying down, or on the face; prone..
Lithy :: Lithy (a.) Easily bent; pliable.
Bent :: Bent (v.) Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Hook :: Hook (n.) A piece of metal, or other hard material, formed or bent into a curve or at an angle, for catching, holding, or sustaining anything; as, a hook for catching fish; a hook for fastening a gate; a boat hook, etc..
Malignant :: Malignant (a.) Disposed to do harm, inflict suffering, or cause distress; actuated by extreme malevolence or enmity; virulently inimical; bent on evil; malicious..
Plash :: Plash (n.) The branch of a tree partly cut or bent, and bound to, or intertwined with, other branches..
Intellection :: Intellection (n.) A mental act or process; especially: (a) The act of understanding; simple apprehension of ideas; intuition. Bentley. (b) A creation of the mind itself.
Superincumbent :: Superincumbency (n.) The quality or state of being superincumbent.
Agrostis :: Agrostis (n.) A genus of grasses, including species called in common language bent grass. Some of them, as redtop (Agrostis vulgaris), are valuable pasture grasses..
Worldly :: Worldly (a.) Pertaining to this world or life, in contradistinction from the life to come; secular; temporal; devoted to this life and its enjoyments; bent on gain; as, worldly pleasures, affections, honor, lusts, men..
Enarched :: Enarched (a.) Bent into a curve; -- said of a bend or other ordinary.
Flexicostate :: Flexicostate (a.) Having bent or curved ribs.
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