bent 1 
(bĕnt)
(bĕnt)v.
Past tense and past participle of bend1.
adj.
1. Altered from an originally straight or even condition: picked up pieces of bent wire.
2. Determined to take a course of action: I was bent on going to the concert.
3. Chiefly British Corrupt; venal.
n.
1. A tendency, disposition, or inclination: "The natural bent of my mind was to science" (Thomas Paine).
2. A transverse structural member or framework that is used for strengthening a bridge or trestle.
- Indo-European root: tkei-
- Indo-European root: to-
- Indo-European root: tolkw-
- Indo-European root: tong-
- Indo-European root: treb-
- Indo-European root: trei-
- Indo-European root: trep-
- Indo-European root: treud-
- Indo-European root: tu-
- Indo-European root: ud-
- Indo-European root: uks-en-
- Indo-European root: uper
- Indo-European root: upo
- Indo-European root: wal-
- Indo-European root: wap-
- Indo-European root: we-
- Indo-European root: webh-
- Indo-European root: wed-
- Indo-European root: wed-
- Indo-European root: weg-
- Indo-European root: wegh-
- Indo-European root: wei-
- Indo-European root: weid-
- Indo-European root: weik-
- Indo-European root: weik-