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# bent

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

«bent» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Bent means not straight any more, curved or folded. [tree →](https://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#m2)
3. «Bent on» means very determined to do something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#m3)
4. In British slang, bent can mean dishonest. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#m4)

### 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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x1)
- He bent down to tie his shoe. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x2)
- Land with your knees bent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x3)
- The pencil in the water looks bent. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x4)
- The wheel got bent in the crash. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x5)
- She is bent on winning the race. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x6)
- The old man was bent over his walking stick. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x7)
- I bent the paper in half. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/#x8)
- She was very old and almost bent double. [tree →](https://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 Jewish tradition

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://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://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://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/#x3)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «bent» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/B/bent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
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- [Trees and pragmatics of «bent» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/B/bent/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«bent» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/bent.html) on Mova free.