- not straight
- a piece of bent wire
- Do this exercise with your knees bent (= not with your legs straight).
- The lamp post got bent in the crash.
- Lock your elbows in a slightly bent position.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- look
- become
- …
- slightly
- bent double
- (of a person) not able to stand up straight, usually as a result of being old or ill
- a small bent old woman
- He was bent double with laughter.
- (British English, informal) (of a person in authority) dishonest
Idioms
See bent in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionarybent on (doing) something
- determined to do something (usually something bad)
- She seems bent on making life difficult for me.
- to be bent on destruction/revenge
- He's your typical supervillain, bent on world domination.
get bent out of shape (about/over something)
- (North American English, informal) to become angry, anxious or upset
- Don't get bent out of shape about it. It was just a mistake!
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