bents

/bษ›nts/

IPA: /B EH1 N T S/

noun
  1. 1

    An inclination or talent.

    โ€œHe had a natural bent for painting.โ€

  2. 2

    A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.

    โ€œHis mind was of a technical bent.โ€

  3. 3

    The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.

    โ€œthe bent of a bowโ€

  4. 4

    A declivity or slope, as of a hill.

  5. 5

    Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

  6. 6

    A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.

  7. 7

    Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

noun
  1. 1

    Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.

  2. 2

    A grassy area, grassland.

  3. 3

    The old dried stalks of grasses.

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