bentverb
uk/bent/us/bent/past simple and past participle of bend
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Linguistics: verb forms, tenses & types of verbs
- accusative
- arose
- art
- aspect
- began
- conjugate
- ditransitive
- ED
- historic present
- linking verb
- main verb
- passivize
- past participle
- perfect participle
- predicate
- progressive
- the future perfect
- the pluperfect
- the third person
- wast
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bentadjective
uk/bent/us/bent/bent adjective (NOT STRAIGHT)
curved and not straight or flat:
The metal bars were bent and twisted.
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Bending, twisting and curving
- bowed
- buckle
- contort
- convoluted
- convolution
- crook
- fluted
- intertwine
- interweave
- knot
- matted
- meander
- meandering
- roil
- twine
- twisted
- twisty
- warp
- warped
- wring
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bent adjective (DISHONEST)
mainly UK slang (especially of a person in a position of authority) dishonest:
a bent copper
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Dishonest
- bad faith
- be rotten to the core idiom
- be up to no good idiom
- cowboy
- crooked
- dubious
- false
- finagle
- fishy
- fly-by-night
- malfeasance
- mendacious
- misleading
- perjure
- rich
- underhand
- unreliable
- unscrupulous
- unsporting
- weasel
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bent adjective (GAY)
UK old-fashioned offensive (especially of men) gay
Idiom(s)
be bent on sth/doing sth
get bent out of shape
bentnoun [ S ]
uk/bent/us/bent/a natural skill:
She has a scientific bent/a bent for science.
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Skill, talent and ability
- a magic touch idiom
- ability
- accomplishment
- accuracy
- acumen
- capability
- command
- dash
- ear
- expertise
- facility
- faculty
- finesse
- flair
- nose
- polish
- proficient
- prowess
- pyrotechnics
- qualification
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