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# bent

«bent» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **not straight any more, curved or folded** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (bent); verb form (bend, bends, bent, bending)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Bent means not straight any more, curved or folded. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#m1)

2) Bent is the past form of bend: «He bent the wire». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#m2)

3) «Bent on» means very determined to do something. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#m3)

4) In British slang, bent can mean dishonest. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, a bent spoon, bent nail or bent bike wheel is damaged; in PE you bend your knees to land softly. In science, a pencil in a glass of water looks bent because light bends (refraction). Phrases: bent over, bent double, bent on, knees bent.

### examples

- I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day. (Writings PSA.38.7, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x1)
- He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow. (Writings LAM.3.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x2)
- If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready; (Writings PSA.7.13, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x3)
- The nail was bent, so I couldn't use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x4)
- He bent down to tie his shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x5)
- Land with your knees bent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x6)
- The pencil in the water looks bent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x7)
- The wheel got bent in the crash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x8)
- She is bent on winning the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x9)
- The old man was bent over his walking stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x10)
- I bent the paper in half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x11)
- She was very old and almost bent double. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x12)

### note

Bend is irregular: bend, bent, bent (not «bended», except in «on bended knee»). In science, light seems to bend as it passes from water to air, but the pencil is still straight.

### In the corpora

- [If a man turn not, He will whet His sword, He hath bent His bow, and made it ready;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.78/)
- [I am bent and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PSA.620/)
- [He hath bent His bow, and set me as a mark for the arrow.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/LAM.65/)
- [Metals are shiny, they ring when you strike them, and they can be bent and hammered into shape without shattering.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/31-metals-what-theyre-good-for/2/)
- [A toothbrush with bent, splayed bristles does not clean well and is changed about every three months.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/73-brushing-your-teeth/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «bent» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.