Look up: Bent

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   bent
   [adj] - altered from an originally straight condition 2. [adj] - fixed in your purpose 3. [adj] - used especially of the head or upper back 4. [adj] - of metal e.g. 5. [n] - grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens 6. [n] - a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way 7. [n] - a special way of doing something
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   bent
   where a pile or a -- is placed in subsiding fill or soil, no frictional resistance from the subsiding strata shall be considered to contribute to support of the load.. Category: Building industry
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   Bent
   Bent imperfect & past participle of Bend .
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   Bent
   Bent adjective & past participle 1. Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever. 2. Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on ; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischie ...
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   Bent
   Bent noun [ See Bend , noun & v. ] 1. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. [ Obsolete] Wilkins. 2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [ R.] Dryden. 3. A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; dispositi ...
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   Bent
   Bent noun [ Anglo-Saxon beonet ; akin to Old High German pinuz , German binse , rush, bent grass; of unknown origin.] 1. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass. « His spear a bent , both stiff and strong. Drayton. » 2. (Botany) A grass of the genus Agrostis , esp. Agrostis vulgaris , or redtop. The na ...
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   bent
   1. Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever. ... 2. Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc, and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief. ... 3. <botany> A reedlike gra ...
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   bent
   bent on(p) adjective fixed in your purpose; `bent on going to the theater`; `dead set against intervening`; `out to win every event`
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   bent
   bowed adjective used especially of the head or upper back; `a bent head and sloping shoulders`
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    bent
    crumpled adjective of metal e.g.; `bent nails`; `a car with a crumpled front end`; `dented fenders`
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    bent
    adjective altered from an originally straight condition; `a bent wire`
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    bent
    knack noun a special way of doing something; `he had a bent for it`; `he had a special knack for getting into trouble`; `he couldn`t get the hang of it`
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    bent
    noun an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
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    bent
    bent grass noun grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
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    Bent
    The term `bent` may refer to: * Bent (play), a 1979 play starring Richard Gere which was adapted into a movie in 1997. * Bent (band), an electronica duo from England. * Bent (song), a song by matchbox twenty. * Bent (village), a village in the municipality of Rijnwoude, the Netherlands. * Bent, past-tense adjective for a bend. * `Bent`, a plant properly named `Agrostis capillaris`. * `Bent`, a common name for Marram grass, `Ammophila arenaria` *...
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    Bent
    • (v.) A transverse frame of a framed structure. • of Bend • (a. & p. p.) Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief. • (a. & p. p.) Changed by pressure...
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    Bent
    Bent is a Danish boy name. The meaning of the name is `Blessed` Where is it used? The name Bent is mainly used In Danish.How do they say it elsewhere? Bengt ( In Swedish) Benedito ( In Portuguese) Bendiks ( In Latvian) Benesh ( In Jewish) Benedetto ( In Italian) Benedek ( In Hungarian) Benedikte ( In German) Benoit ( In French) Pentti ( In Finnish) Benedict ( In Engl
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    Bent
    The plane of beam or joist girder members which support loads and the columns which support these members.
    Found on http://www.hancockjoist.com/glossary.htm