Definition of bent

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Bent (v.) Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

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Recurved :: Recurved (a.) Curved in an opposite or uncommon direction; bent back; as, a bird with a recurved bill; flowers with recurved petals..
Cumbent :: Cumbent (a.) Lying down; recumbent.
Flexuous :: Flexuous (a.) Having alternate curvatures in opposite directions; bent in a zigzag manner.
Deflexed :: Deflexed (a.) Bent abruptly downward.
Superinduced :: Superincumbent (a.) Lying or resting on something else.
Inflexibility :: Inflexibility (n.) The quality or state of being inflexible, or not capable of being bent or changed; unyielding stiffness; inflexibleness; rigidity; firmness of will or purpose; unbending pertinacity; steadfastness; resoluteness; unchangeableness; obstinacy..
Eyelet :: Eyelet (n.) A metal ring or grommet, or short metallic tube, the ends of which can be bent outward and over to fasten it in place; -- used to line an eyelet hole..
Holdfast :: Holdfast (n.) A conical or branching body, by which a seaweed is attached to its support, and differing from a root in that it is not specially absorbent of moisture..
Bent :: Bent () imp. & p. p. of Bend.
Chaplet :: Chaplet (n.) A bent piece of sheet iron, or a pin with thin plates on its ends, for holding a core in place in the mold..
Nuddle :: Nuddle (v. i.) To walk quickly with the head bent forward; -- often with along.
Insistent :: Insistent (a.) See Incumbent.
Dispatchful :: Dispatchful (a.) Bent on haste; intent on speedy execution of business or any task; indicating haste; quick; as, dispatchful looks..
Bandy :: Bandy (a.) Bent; crooked; curved laterally, esp. with the convex side outward; as, a bandy leg..
Up :: Up (adv.) From a lower to a higher position, literally or figuratively; as, from a recumbent or sitting position; from the mouth, toward the source, of a river; from a dependent or inferior condition; from concealment; from younger age; from a quiet state, or the like; -- used with verbs of motion expressed or implied..
Crocket :: Crocket (n.) An ornament often resembling curved and bent foliage, projecting from the sloping edge of a gable, spire, etc..
Reclinate :: Reclinate (a.) Reclined, as a leaf; bent downward, so that the point, as of a stem or leaf, is lower than the base..
Fill :: Fill (a.) To possess and perform the duties of; to officiate in, as an incumbent; to occupy; to hold; as, a king fills a throne; the president fills the office of chief magistrate; the speaker of the House fills the chair..
Dispose :: Dispose (v. t.) To give a tendency or inclination to; to adapt; to cause to turn; especially, to incline the mind of; to give a bent or propension to; to incline; to make inclined; -- usually followed by to, sometimes by for before the indirect object..
Knock-knee :: Knock-knee (n.) A condition in which the knees are bent in so as to touch each other in walking; inknee.
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