| • | of Bend | 
											
															| • | imp. & p. p. of Bend. | 
											
															| • | Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight;
   crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever. | 
											
															| • | 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. | 
											
															| • | The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a
   straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. | 
											
															| • | A declivity or slope, as of a hill. | 
											
															| • | A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination;
   disposition; purpose; aim. | 
											
															| • | Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course. | 
											
															| • | A transverse frame of a framed structure. | 
											
															| • | Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. | 
											
															| • | A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass. | 
											
															| • | A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or
   redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America. | 
											
															| • | Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor. |