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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Imbricated :: Imbricated (a.) Bent and hollowed like a roof or gutter tile.
Opisthotonos :: Opisthotonos (n.) A tetanic spasm in which the body is bent backwards and stiffened.
Inflexed :: Inflexed (a.) Bent or turned abruptly inwards, or toward the axis, as the petals of a flower..
Incumbent :: Incumbent (n.) A person who is in present possession of a benefice or of any office.
Colophene :: Colophene (n.) A colorless, oily liquid, formerly obtained by distillation of colophony. It is regarded as a polymeric form of terebenthene. Called also diterebene..
Bent :: Bent (n.) Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
Procumbent :: Procumbent (a.) Lying down, or on the face; prone..
Thrust :: Thrust (n.) The breaking down of the roof of a gallery under its superincumbent weight.
Incurvity :: Incurvity (n.) A state of being bent or curved; incurvation; a bending inwards.
Gy-rose :: Gy-rose (a.) Turned round like a crook, or bent to and fro..
Fall :: Fall (v. t.) To cease to be erect; to take suddenly a recumbent posture; to become prostrate; to drop; as, a child totters and falls; a tree falls; a worshiper falls on his knees..
Bent :: Bent (v.) A declivity or slope, as of a hill..
Absorbent :: Absorbent (n.) Any substance which absorbs and neutralizes acid fluid in the stomach and bowels, as magnesia, chalk, etc.; also a substance e. g., iodine) which acts on the absorbent vessels so as to reduce enlarged and indurated parts..
Hagbut :: Hagbut (n.) A harquebus, of which the but was bent down or hooked for convenience in taking aim..
Recurvirostral :: Recurvirostral (a.) Having the beak bent upwards.
Recline :: Recline (v. t.) To cause or permit to lean, incline, rest, etc.; to place in a recumbent position; as, to recline the head on the hand..
Fret :: Fret (n.) An ornament consisting of smmall fillets or slats intersecting each other or bent at right angles, as in classical designs, or at obilique angles, as often in Oriental art..
Bowbent :: Bowbent (a.) Bent, like a bow..
Lugsail :: Lugsail (n.) A square sail bent upon a yard that hangs obliquely to the mast and is raised or lowered with the sail.
Lambent :: Lambent (a.) Playing on the surface; touching lightly; gliding over.
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