bent

/bɛnt/

verb

1
To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.
“Don’t bend your knees.”
2
To become curved.
“Look at the trees bending in the wind.”
3
To cause to change direction.
4
To change direction.
“The road bends to the right”
5
To be inclined; to direct itself.
6
(usually with "down") To stoop.
“He bent down to pick up the pieces.”
7
To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
8
To force to submit.
“They bent me to their will.”
9
To submit.
“I am bending to my desire to eat junk food.”
10
To apply to a task or purpose.
“He bent the company's resources to gaining market share.”
11
To apply oneself to a task or purpose.
“He bent to the goal of gaining market share.”
12
To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
13
To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.
“Bend the sail to the yard.”
14
To smoothly change the pitch of a note.
“You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure.”
15
To swing the body when rowing.

1
An inclination or talent.
“He had a natural bent for painting.”
2
A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
“His mind was of a technical bent.”
3
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
“the bent of a bow”
4
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
5
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
6
A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
7
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

1
(Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
2
Corrupt, dishonest
3
Homosexual.
4
Determined or insistent.
“He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.”
5
(Of a person) leading a life of crime.
6
Inaccurately aimed
“That shot was so bent it left the pitch.”
7
Suffering from the bends
8
High from both marijuana and alcohol.
“Man, I am so bent right now!”