| bent | | |
| n. (cognition) | 1. bent, set | a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way.; "the set of his mind was obvious" |
| ~ inclination, tendency, disposition | an attitude of mind especially one that favors one alternative over others.; "he had an inclination to give up too easily"; "a tendency to be too strict" |
| n. (plant) | 2. bent, bent grass, bent-grass | grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens. |
| ~ grass | narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay. |
| ~ agrostis, genus agrostis | annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland). |
| ~ agrostis canina, brown bent, dog bent, rhode island bent, velvet bent, velvet bent grass | common grass with slender stems and narrow leaves. |
| ~ agrostis nebulosa, cloud grass | Spanish grass with light feathery panicles grown for dried bouquets. |
| ~ agrostis palustris, creeping bent, creeping bentgrass | common pasture or lawn grass spread by long runners. |
| n. (location) | 3. bent | an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges. |
| ~ grassland | land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life. |
| n. (cognition) | 4. bent, hang, knack | a special way of doing something.; "he had a bent for it"; "he had a special knack for getting into trouble"; "he couldn't get the hang of it" |
| ~ endowment, natural endowment, talent, gift | natural abilities or qualities. |
| adj. | 5. bent, bent on, dead set, out to | fixed in your purpose.; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead set against intervening"; "out to win every event" |
| ~ resolute | firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination.; "stood resolute against the enemy"; "faced with a resolute opposition"; "a resolute and unshakeable faith" |
| adj. | 6. bended, bent | used of the back and knees; stooped.; "on bended knee"; "with bent (or bended) back" |
| ~ unerect | not upright in position or posture. |
| adj. | 7. bent, crumpled, dented | of metal e.g..; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front end"; "dented fenders" |
| ~ damaged | harmed or injured or spoiled.; "I won't buy damaged goods"; "the storm left a wake of badly damaged buildings" |
| arc | | |
| n. (phenomenon) | 1. arc, discharge, electric arc, electric discharge, spark | electrical conduction through a gas in an applied electric field. |
| ~ brush discharge | discharge between electrodes creating visible streamers of ionized particles. |
| ~ corona discharge, corposant, electric glow, saint elmo's fire, saint elmo's light, saint ulmo's fire, saint ulmo's light, st. elmo's fire, corona | an electrical discharge accompanied by ionization of surrounding atmosphere. |
| ~ flashover | an unintended electric discharge (as over or around an insulator). |
| ~ electrical conduction | the passage of electricity through a conductor. |
| n. (shape) | 2. arc | a continuous portion of a circle. |
| ~ limb | the graduated arc that is attached to an instrument for measuring angles.; "the limb of the sextant" |
| ~ curve, curved shape | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. |
| ~ circle | ellipse in which the two axes are of equal length; a plane curve generated by one point moving at a constant distance from a fixed point.; "he calculated the circumference of the circle" |
| ~ sector | a plane figure bounded by two radii and the included arc of a circle. |
| n. (shape) | 3. arc, bow | something curved in shape. |
| ~ rainbow | an arc of colored light in the sky caused by refraction of the sun's rays by rain. |
| ~ curve, curved shape | the trace of a point whose direction of motion changes. |
| v. (motion) | 4. arc, arch, curve | form an arch or curve.; "her back arches"; "her hips curve nicely" |
| ~ camber | curve upward in the middle. |
| ~ bend, flex | form a curve.; "The stick does not bend" |
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