BENT - Meaning and Pronunciation

How to pronounce bent?

This video provides examples of American English pronunciations of bent by male and female speakers.
In addition, it explains the meaning of bent through a dictionary definition and several visual examples.

IPA Transcription of bent is /bˈɛnt/.

Definition of bent according to Wiktionary:
bent can be a verb, an adjective or a noun

As a verb bent can mean:
1. The past tense form of bend.
2. Bend.

As an adjective bent can mean:
1. Folded, dented.
2. Corrupt, dishonest.
3. Homosexual.
4. Determined or insistent.
5. (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
6. Inaccurately aimed.
7. Suffering from the bends.
8. High from both marijuana and alcohol.

As a noun bent can mean:
1. An inclination or talent.
2. A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
3. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
6. A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
7. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
8. Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
9. A grassy area, grassland.
10. The old dried stalks of grasses.

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