bent
dike. embankment.

bent
Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.

bent
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.

bent
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.

bent
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.

bent
A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.

bent
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

bent
A transverse frame of a framed structure.

bent
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

bent
A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.

bent
A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp.

bent
Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop.

bent
The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.

bent
Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. a special way of doing something; 'he had a bent for it'; 'he had a special knack for getting into trouble'; 'he couldn't get the hang of it' a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; 'the set of his mind was obvious' grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens of metal e.g.; 'bent nails'; 'a car with a crumpled front end'; 'dented fenders' used especially of the head or upper back; 'a bent head and sloping shoulders' fixed in your purpose; 'bent on going to the theater'; 'dead set against intervening'; 'out to win every event' altered from an originally straight condition; 'a bent wire'.

bent
article. dike. dam. weir. reservoir. paragraph. clause. embankments. item. subclause. subparagraph.

bent
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way; 'the set of his mind was obvious'. grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens. a special way of doing something; 'he had a bent for it'; 'he had a special knack for getting into trouble'; 'he couldn't get the hang of it'. altered from an originally straight condition; 'a bent wire'. fixed in your purpose; 'bent on going to the theater'; 'dead set against intervening'; 'out to win every event'. used of the back and knees; stooped; 'on bended knee'; 'with bent back'. used especially of the head or upper back; 'a bent head and sloping shoulders'. of metal e g ; 'bent nails'; 'a car with a crumpled front end'; 'dented fenders'.

bent
The plane of beam or joist girder members which support loads and the columns which support these members.

bent
The main member of a structural system.

bent
Structural network of timbers or a truss that makes up one cross-sectional piece of the frame. a supporting unit of a trestle or viaduct structure made of two or more columns or column-like members connected by a cap, a strut, or another member This connecting member distributes superimposed loads on the bent When combined with a system of diagonal or horizontal bracing attached to the columns, the entire construction functions somewhat like a truss distributing its loads into the foundation.

bent
The bent pipe is either half bent or full bent The bowl varies in shape and may be like another model, e g , 'bent Bulldog'. indicates someone who experiences decompression sickness symptoms.

bent
A bridge support column founded on land.

bent
High on a drug. ability, skill.