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1.verbTo cause (something) to change its shape into a curve, by physical force, chemical action, or any other means."Don’t bend your knees."
2.verbTo become curved."Look at the trees bending in the wind."
3.verbTo cause to change direction.
4.verbTo change direction."The road bends to the right"
5.verbTo be inclined; to direct itself.
6.verb(usually with "down") To stoop."He bent down to pick up the pieces."
7.verbTo bow in prayer, or in token of submission.
8.verbTo force to submit."They bent me to their will."
9.verbTo submit."I am bending to my desire to eat junk food."
10.verbTo apply to a task or purpose."He bent the company's resources to gaining market share."
11.verbTo apply oneself to a task or purpose."He bent to the goal of gaining market share."
12.verbTo adapt or interpret to for a purpose or beneficiary.
13.verbTo tie, as in securing a line to a cleat; to shackle a chain to an anchor; make fast."Bend the sail to the yard."
14.verbTo smoothly change the pitch of a note."You should bend the G slightly sharp in the next measure."
15.verbTo swing the body when rowing.
16.nounAn inclination or talent."He had a natural bent for painting."
17.nounA predisposition to act or react in a particular way."His mind was of a technical bent."
18.nounThe state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity."the bent of a bow"
19.nounA declivity or slope, as of a hill.
20.nounParticular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
21.nounA transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
22.nounTension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
23.adjective(Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
24.adjectiveCorrupt, dishonest
25.adjectiveHomosexual.
26.adjectiveDetermined or insistent."He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why."
27.adjective(Of a person) leading a life of crime.
28.adjectiveInaccurately aimed"That shot was so bent it left the pitch."
29.adjectiveSuffering from the bends
30.adjectiveHigh from both marijuana and alcohol."Man, I am so bent right now!"