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Webster's English Dictionary

bent

imp. & p. p. of Bend. ()

a. & p. p. 1. Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever. ()

2. Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief. ()

n. [See Bend, n. & v.]1. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. (Wilkins.)

2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. (Dryden.)

3. A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. (Shak.)

With a native bent did good pursue. (Dryden.)

4. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course. ()

Bents and turns of the matter. (Locke.)

5. (Carp.) A transverse frame of a framed structure. ()

6. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. ()

The full bent and stress of the soul. (Norris.)

(Crabb.)

n. [AS. beonet; akin to OHG. pinuz, G. binse, rush, bent grass; of unknown origin.]1. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass. ()

His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. (Drayton.)

2. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America. ()

3. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. (Wright.)

Bowmen bickered upon the bent. (Chevy Chase.)