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# bent

«bent» in Mova's school 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/school/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/school/B/bent/#m2)

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

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

- The nail was bent, so I couldn't use it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x1)
- He bent down to tie his shoe. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x2)
- Land with your knees bent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x3)
- The pencil in the water looks bent. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x4)
- The wheel got bent in the crash. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x5)
- She is bent on winning the race. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x6)
- The old man was bent over his walking stick. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x7)
- I bent the paper in half. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x8)
- She was very old and almost bent double. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x9)

### 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

- [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/)
- [A straw in water looks bent because light changes direction as it passes from water to air (refraction).](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/4/)
- [A straw in water looks bent because light changes direction as it passes from water to air; this is called refraction.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/280-illusions-and-adverts/16/)
- [Leo in Vancouver sat on Grandad's glasses, bent them, and put them back in the case.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/343-accidents-told-too-late/1/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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