1 not straight:
a piece of bent wire * Do this exercise with your knees bent (= not with your legs straight).
2 (of a person) not able to stand up straight, usually because of old age or disease:
a small bent old woman * He was bent double with laughter.
3 (BrE, informal) (of a person in authority) dishonest
IDIOMS
be bent on sth / on doing sth to be determined to do sth (usually sth bad):
She seems bent on making life difficult for me.
seealsoHELL-BENT
noun [usuallysing.] ~ (for sth) a natural skill or interest in sth:
She has a bent for mathematics. * people of a philosophical bent
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