Phonetic Breakdown of "bent"
Learn how to break down "bent" into its phonetic components. Understanding syllables and phonetics helps with pronunciation, spelling, and language learning.
Standard Phonetic Pronunciation:
/bɛnt/
Phonetic representation based on standard dictionaries
IPA Phonetic Pronunciation:
B EH1 N T
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Definition of "bent"
Pronunciation: /bɛnt/
Verb
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To cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means.Example: "Don’t bend your knees."
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To become curved.Example: "Look at the trees bending in the wind."
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To cause to change direction.
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To change direction.Example: "The road bends to the right"
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To be inclined; to direct itself.
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(usually with "down") To stoop.Example: "He bent down to pick up the pieces."
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To bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
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To force to submit.Example: "They bent me to their will."
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To submit.Example: "I am bending to my desire to eat junk food."
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To apply to a task or purpose.Example: "He bent the company's resources to gaining market share."
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To apply oneself to a task or purpose.Example: "He bent to the goal of gaining market share."
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To adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
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To tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast.Example: "Bend the sail to the yard."
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To smoothly change the pitch of a note.Example: "You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure."
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To swing the body when rowing.
Noun
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An inclination or talent.Example: "He had a natural bent for painting."
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A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.Example: "His mind was of a technical bent."
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The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.Example: "the bent of a bow"
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A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
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Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
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A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
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Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Adjective
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(Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
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Corrupt, dishonest
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Homosexual.
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Determined or insistent.Example: "He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why."
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(Of a person) leading a life of crime.
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Inaccurately aimedExample: "That shot was so bent it left the pitch."
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Suffering from the bends
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High from both marijuana and alcohol.Example: "Man, I am so bent right now!"
Pronunciation: /bɛnt/
Noun
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Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
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A grassy area, grassland.
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The old dried stalks of grasses.
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