bent

Folded, dented.

Corrupt, dishonest.

Homosexual.

Asked bluntly by Julie Webb of the NME whether he was “bent” in December 1974, Freddie answered evasively: “You're a crafty cow. […]”

Determined or insistent; inclined, set.

He was bent on going to Texas, but not even he could say why.

They were bent on mischief.

Annoyed; out of sorts; having a bee in one's bonnet.

Near-synonym: butthurt

She was bent about "certain kinds of people" having civil rights; she wanted to roll those back.

An inclination or talent.

He had a natural bent for painting.

the top of one's bent

A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.

His mind was of a technical bent.

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

the bent of a bow

the force they have in the discharge , according to several bents

A declivity or slope, as of a hill.

Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent, / The temple stood of Mars armipotent

Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

bents and turns of the matter

Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.

His spear a bent, both stiff and strong.

Gunga Dass gave me a double handful of dried bents which I thrust down the mouth of the lair to the right of his, and followed myself, feet foremost [...].

Bentgrass (Agrostis spp.).

A grassy area, grassland.

c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase Bowmen bickered upon the bent.

Old dried stalks of grasses.