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bent\ upon — • bent (up)on Very decided, determined, or set. The sailors were bent on having a good time. The policeman saw some boys near the school after dark and thought they were bent on mischief. The bus was late, and the driver was bent upon reaching… … Словарь американских идиом
Bent — Bent, n. [See {Bend}, n. & v.] 1. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. [Obs.] Wilkins. [1913 Webster] 2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3.… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Bent — Bent, n. [AS. beonet; akin to OHG. pinuz, G. binse, rush, bent grass; of unknown origin.] 1. A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass. [1913 Webster] His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. Drayton. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot.) A grass of… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
bent\ on — • bent (up)on Very decided, determined, or set. The sailors were bent on having a good time. The policeman saw some boys near the school after dark and thought they were bent on mischief. The bus was late, and the driver was bent upon reaching… … Словарь американских идиом
bent upon — index eager, earnest, insistent, zealous Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
upon the shun — (old) Bent on evading notice • • • Main Entry: ↑shun … Useful english dictionary
bent — I. /bɛnt / (say bent) adjective 1. curved; crooked: a bent stick; a bent finger. 2. Colloquial dishonest; corrupt: *We d done it all before; the security guard paid off, out the back having a smoke, the bent coppers taking their cut, but this… …
bent on — adjective fixed in your purpose bent on going to the theater dead set against intervening out to win every event • Syn: ↑bent, ↑dead set, ↑out to • Similar to: ↑reso … Useful english dictionary
BENT, Ellis (c.1783-1815) — judge advocate of New South Wales was probably born in 1783. His date of birth is sometimes given as 1779, but he was the second son of Robert Bent, and his elder brother, Jeffery Hart Bent (q.v.), who was born in 1780, stated in February 1816,… … Dictionary of Australian Biography
bent — [[t]be̱nt[/t]] 1) Bent is the past tense and past participle of bend. 2) ADJ GRADED If an object is bent, it is damaged and no longer has its correct shape. The trees were all bent and twisted from the wind. 3) ADJ GRADED If a person is bent,… … English dictionary
bent on — or[bent upon] Very decided, determined, or set. * /The sailors were bent on having a good time./ * /The policeman saw some boys near the school after dark and thought they were bent on mischief./ * /The bus was late, and the driver was bent upon… … Dictionary of American idioms
