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  Bend \Bend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bended or Bent; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Bending.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band,
     bond, fr. bindan to bind. See Bind, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th
     Bend.]
     1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by
        straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for
        use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend
        the knee.
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     2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
        ``Bend thine ear to supplication.'' --Milton.
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              Towards Coventry bend we our course.  --Shak.
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              Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
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     3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
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              To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple.
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              But when to mischief mortals bend their will.
                                                    --Pope.
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     4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
        ``Except she bend her humor.'' --Shak.
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     5. (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to
        its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
        --Totten.
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     To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or
        in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden.
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     Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.
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  Bent \Bent\,
     imp. & p. p. of Bend.
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  Bent \Bent\, a. & p. p.
     1. Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight;
        crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
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     2. Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved,
        determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character,
        disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be
        bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
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  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.
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     2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] --Dryden.
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     3. A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind;
        inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. --Shak.
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              With a native bent did good pursue.   --Dryden.
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     4. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
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              Bents and turns of the matter.        --Locke.
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     5. (Carp.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
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     6. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. [Archaic]
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              The full bent and stress of the soul. --Norris.
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     Syn: Predilection; turn.
  
     Usage: Bent, Bias, Inclination, Prepossession. These
            words agree in describing a permanent influence upon
            the mind which tends to decide its actions. Bent
            denotes a fixed tendency of the mind in a given
            direction. It is the widest of these terms, and
            applies to the will, the intellect, and the
            affections, taken conjointly; as, the whole bent of
            his character was toward evil practices. Bias is
            literally a weight fixed on one side of a ball used in
            bowling, and causing it to swerve from a straight
            course. Used figuratively, bias applies particularly
            to the judgment, and denotes something which acts with
            a permanent force on the character through that
            faculty; as, the bias of early education, early
            habits, etc. Inclination is an excited state of desire
            or appetency; as, a strong inclination to the study of
            the law. Prepossession is a mingled state of feeling
            and opinion in respect to some person or subject,
            which has laid hold of and occupied the mind previous
            to inquiry. The word is commonly used in a good sense,
            an unfavorable impression of this kind being
            denominated a prejudice. ``Strong minds will be
            strongly bent, and usually labor under a strong bias;
            but there is no mind so weak and powerless as not to
            have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be
            without its prepossessions.'' --Crabb.
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  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.
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              His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. --Drayton.
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     2. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis
        vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other
        grasses, esp. in America.
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     3. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
        [Obs.] --Wright.
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              Bowmen bickered upon the bent.        --Chevy Chase.
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  Bent \Bent\, a. & p. p.
     1. Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight;
        crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
  
     2. Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved,
        determined, set, etc.; -- said of the mind, character,
        disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be
        bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.

  Bent \Bent\,
     imp. & p. p. of Bend.

  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.
  
     2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] --Dryden.
  
     3. A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind;
        inclination; disposition; purpose; aim. --Shak.
  
              With a native bent did good pursue.   --Dryden.
  
     4. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
  
              Bents and turns of the matter.        --Locke.
  
     5. (Carp.) A transverse frame of a framed structure.
  
     6. Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus. [Archaic]
  
              The full bent and stress of the soul. --Norris.
  
     Syn: Predilection; turn.
  
     Usage: Bent, Bias, Inclination, Prepossession. These
            words agree in describing a permanent influence upon
            the mind which tends to decide its actions. Bent
            denotes a fixed tendency of the mind in a given
            direction. It is the widest of these terms, and
            applies to the will, the intellect, and the
            affections, taken conjointly; as, the whole bent of
            his character was toward evil practices. Bias is
            literally a weight fixed on one side of a ball used in
            bowling, and causing it to swerve from a straight
            course. Used figuratively, bias applies particularly
            to the judgment, and denotes something which acts with
            a permanent force on the character through that
            faculty; as, the bias of early education, early
            habits, etc. Inclination is an excited state of desire
            or appetency; as, a strong inclination to the study of
            the law. Prepossession is a mingled state of feeling
            and opinion in respect to some person or subject,
            which has laid hold of and occupied the mind previous
            to inquiry. The word is commonly used in a good sense,
            an unfavorable impression of this kind being
            denominated a prejudice. ``Strong minds will be
            strongly bent, and usually labor under a strong bias;
            but there is no mind so weak and powerless as not to
            have its inclinations, and none so guarded as to be
            without its prepossessions.'' --Crabb.

  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.
  
              His spear a bent, both stiff and strong. --Drayton.
  
     2. (Bot.) A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis
        vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other
        grasses, esp. in America.
  
     3. Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
        [Obs.] --Wright.
  
              Bowmen bickered upon the bent.        --Chevy Chase.

  Bend \Bend\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Bended or Bent; p. pr. &
     vb. n. Bending.] [AS. bendan to bend, fr. bend a band,
     bond, fr. bindan to bind. See Bind, v. t., and cf. 3d & 4th
     Bend.]
     1. To strain or move out of a straight line; to crook by
        straining; to make crooked; to curve; to make ready for
        use by drawing into a curve; as, to bend a bow; to bend
        the knee.
  
     2. To turn toward some certain point; to direct; to incline.
        ``Bend thine ear to supplication.'' --Milton.
  
              Towards Coventry bend we our course.  --Shak.
  
              Bending her eyes . . . upon her parent. --Sir W.
                                                    Scott.
  
     3. To apply closely or with interest; to direct.
  
              To bend his mind to any public business. --Temple.
  
              But when to mischief mortals bend their will.
                                                    --Pope.
  
     4. To cause to yield; to render submissive; to subdue.
        ``Except she bend her humor.'' --Shak.
  
     5. (Naut.) To fasten, as one rope to another, or as a sail to
        its yard or stay; or as a cable to the ring of an anchor.
        --Totten.
  
     To bend the brow, to knit the brow, as in deep thought or
        in anger; to scowl; to frown. --Camden.
  
     Syn: To lean; stoop; deflect; bow; yield.

  bend
       n 1: a circular segment of a curve; "a bend in the road"; "a
            crook in the path" [syn: crook, turn]
       2: movement that causes the formation of a curve [syn: bending]
       3: curved segment (of a road or river or railroad track etc.)
          [syn: curve]
       4: an angular or rounded shape made by folding; "a fold in the
          napkin"; "a crease in his trousers"; "a plication on her
          blouse"; "a flexure of the colon"; "a bend of his elbow"
          [syn: fold, crease, plication, flexure, crimp]
       5: a town in central Oregon at the eastern foot of the Cascade
          Range
       6: diagonal line traversing a shield from the upper right
          corner to the lower left [syn: bend dexter]
       v 1: form a curve; "The stick does not bend" [syn: flex] [ant:
            straighten]
       2: change direction; "The road bends"
       3: cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular
          form; "bend the rod"; "twist the dough into a braid"; "the
          strong man could turn an iron bar" [syn: flex, deform,
           twist, turn] [ant: unbend]
       4: bend one's back forward from the waist on down; "he crouched
          down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man
          stooped to pick up the girl's purse" [syn: crouch, stoop,
           bow]
       5: turn from a straight course , fixed direction, or line of
          interest [syn: deflect, turn away]
       6: bend a joint; "flex your wrists"; "bend your knees" [syn: flex]
       [also: bent]

  bent
       adj 1: altered from an originally straight condition; "a bent wire"
       2: fixed in your purpose; "bent on going to the theater"; "dead
          set against intervening"; "out to win every event" [syn: bent
          on(p), dead set(p), intent on(p), out to(p)]
       3: used of the back and knees; stooped; "on bended knee"; "with
          bent (or bended) back" [syn: bended]
       4: used especially of the head or upper back; "a bent head and
          sloping shoulders" [syn: bowed, inclined]
       5: of metal e.g.; "bent nails"; "a car with a crumpled front
          end"; "dented fenders" [syn: crumpled, dented]
       n 1: a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular
            way; "the set of his mind was obvious" [syn: set]
       2: grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting
          greens [syn: bent grass, bent-grass]
       3: 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" [syn: knack, hang]

  bent
       See bend

  bent
     Αγγλικά a.
     λυγισμένος

  -bent
     Swedish suf.
     legged (having a certain type or number of legs)

  ben't
     contraction
     (lb en dialect) be not (am not, is not, are not)

  bent
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl zijn  2 s pres ind); are.
     Hungarian adv.
     inside
     Old Norse part.p.
     (infl of non bendr  str n nom//acc s)
     Old Norse vb.
     (infl of non benda  sup)
     Turkish n.
     dam

  Bent
     Dutch n.
     (place nl hamlet m/Alphen aan den Rijn p/Zuid-Holland c/Netherlands).
     n.
     (surname: en)

  ben't
     contraction
     (lb en dialect) be not (am not, is not, are not)

  bent
     a.
     1 (lb en Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented.
     2 (lb en colloquial chiefly UK) corrupt, dishonest.
     3 (lb en derogatory colloquial chiefly UK) homosexual.
     4 determined or insistent.
     5 (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
     6 (lb en slang football) inaccurately aimed.
     7 (lb en colloquial chiefly US) Suffering from the bends.
     8 (lb en slang) high from both marijuana and alcohol.
     n.
     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 (lb en carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a
  subunit of framing.
     7 # Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to
  other bents by girts and summer beams.
     8 # Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a
  bridge's framing.
     9 Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
     vb.
     (infl of en bend  ed-form)
     n.
     Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.

  Bent
     n.
     (surname: en)

  -bent
     Swedish suf.
     legged (having a certain type or number of legs)

  ben't
     contraction
     (lb en dialect) be not (am not, is not, are not)

  bent
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl zijn  2 s pres ind); are.
     Hungarian adv.
     inside
     Old Norse part.p.
     (infl of non bendr  str n nom//acc s)
     Old Norse vb.
     (infl of non benda  sup)

  Bent
     Dutch n.
     (place nl hamlet m/Alphen aan den Rijn p/Zuid-Holland c/Netherlands).
     n.
     (surname: en)

  -bent
     Swedish suf.
     legged (having a certain type or number of legs)

  ben't
     contraction
     (lb en dialect) be not (am not, is not, are not)

  bent
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl zijn  2 s pres ind); are.
     Hungarian adv.
     inside
     Old Norse part.p.
     (infl of non bendr  str n nom//acc s)
     Old Norse vb.
     (infl of non benda  sup)

  Bent
     Dutch n.
     (place nl hamlet m/Alphen aan den Rijn p/Zuid-Holland c/Netherlands).
     n.
     (surname: en)

  bent
     Hollanti vb.
     (taivm) ''indikatiivin preesensin yksikön 2. persoonan muoto
  verbistä'' '''(l nl zijn)'''

  bent
     Engelska a.
     1 (avledning en bend ordform=perfpart); böjd
     2 (tagg vardagligt språk=en text=främst brittisk engelska) korrupt,
  oärlig
     3 (tagg nedsättande vardagligt text=främst brittisk engelska
  språk=en) homosexuell
     4 besluten, insistent
     5 (tagg: text=om person) som lever ett liv i kriminalitet
     Engelska n.
     böjelse
     Engelska vb.
     (böjning en verb bend)

  bent 
  menthe

  Bent /bˈɛnt/
  انحنى

  bent //bɛnt// 
  1. склонен
  Determined or insistent
  2. педерастки
  Homosexual
  3. огънат
  folded

  bent //bɛnt// 
  1. влечение
  inclination or talent
  2. склонност
  predisposition

  bent /bˈɛnt/ 
  zakřivený

  bent /bˈɛnt/ 
  zahnutý

  bent /bˈɛnt/ 
  ohnutý

  bent /bˈɛnt/ 
  sklonil

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  křivý

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  sehnutý

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  Neigung , Veranlagung , Begabung , Schlag 
        "follow one's bent"  - seiner Neigung folgen
   see: bents
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  angeschlagen
     Synonym: fastened
  
   see: fasten, bend, fastening, bending
  

  bend /bˈɛnd/ (bent /bˈɛnt/ <>, bent /bˈɛnt/ <>) 
  beugen 
        "he/she bends"  - er/sie beugt
   see: bending, bent
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  gebeugt
        "I/he/she bent"  - ich/er/sie beugte
   see: bend, bending
  

  bend /bˈɛnd/ (bent /bˈɛnt/ <>, bent /bˈɛnt/ <>) 
  biegen 
        "he/she bends"  - er/sie biegt
        "I/he/she would bend"  - ich/er/sie böge
        "bend sth. into shape"  - etw. zurechtbiegen
   see: bending, bent, bent warm
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  gebogen
        "I/he/she bent"  - ich/er/sie bog
        "he/she has/had bent"  - er/sie hat/hatte gebogen
   see: bend, bending, bent warm
  

  bend /bˈɛnd/ (bent /bˈɛnt/ <>, bent /bˈɛnt/ <>) 
  sich biegen 
   see: bending, bent
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  sich gebogen
   see: bend, bending
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  gebogen, bogenförmig , Bogen…
     Synonyms: curved, arced, arcuate, arcuated
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
   [Br.] korrupt, unsauber 

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  gekrümmt, angewinkelt
   see: bend, bending
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  umgebogen
     Synonyms: turned, folded
  
   see: bend, turn, fold sth., bending, turning, folding
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/ 
  umlenken 
     Synonym: twist
  

  bend sth. /bˈɛnd ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/ (bent /bˈɛnt/ <>, bent /bˈɛnt/ <>)
  etw. verbiegen 
     Synonym: bend sth. out of shape
  
   see: bending, bending out of shape, bent, bent out of shape
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  verbogen
     Synonym: bent out of shape
  
   see: bend sth., bend sth. out of shape, bending, bending out of shape
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  verkrümmt 
     Synonym: curved
  

  bend sth. /bˈɛnd ˌɛstˌiːˈeɪtʃ/ (bent /bˈɛnt/ <>, bent /bˈɛnt/ <>)
  etw. zerknicken 
   see: bending, bent
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  zerknickt
   see: bend sth., bending
  

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  
  κυρτός

  bent //bɛnt// 
  taipunut, taittunut
  folded

  bent /bent/
  courbe

  bent /bˈɛnt/ 
  1. टेढ़ा
        "He connected the tape with a bent wire."

  bent /bˈɛnt/ 
  1. झुकाव
        "She has strong musical bent."

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  pognut, savijen, sklonost, upokoriti

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  1. füves terület
  2. hajlam
  3. rétség
  4. tippan
  5. elgörbített
  6. ívelt
  7. kemény szár
  8. hajló
  9. hajlított
  10. végsô határ
  11. görbített
  12. hajlott
  13. meghajlított
  14. rét

  bent //bɛnt// 
  bengkok
  folded

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  curvo

  bent /bent/
  curvus

  bent /bent/
  curvo, sinuoso, tortuoso, torto

  bent //bɛnt// 
  böjd
  folded

  bent //bɛnt// 
  böjelse

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  1. eğri, kıvrık, bukülmüş, kavisli
  2. eğim
  3. temayül, meyil. have a bent for istidadı olmak.

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  1. birkaç çeşit sert çimen.

  bent /bˈɛnt/
  1. within
  2. ben
  3. in
  4. within doors

  Bent
  Bent

  
/ˈbɛnt/

  Bent -- U.S. County in Colorado
     Population (2000):    5998
     Housing Units (2000): 2366
     Land area (2000):     1513.902869 sq. miles (3920.990264 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    27.217750 sq. miles (70.493645 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1541.120619 sq. miles (3991.483909 sq. km)
     Located within:       Colorado (CO), FIPS 08
     Location:             38.070366 N, 103.062997 W
     Headwords:
      Bent
      Bent, CO
      Bent County
      Bent County, CO
  

  292 Moby Thesaurus words for "bent":
     V-shaped, Y-shaped, a thing for, ability, abnormal, affinity,
     afflicted, aim, akimbo, an ear for, an eye for, anamorphous,
     angular, animus, apt, aptitude, aptness, arched, arciform, askew,
     asymmetric, awry, azimuth, bag, bearing, bend, bias, billowing,
     billowy, boiled, bombed, boozy, bowed, canned, capacity for, cast,
     character, chosen kind, cockeyed, cockeyed drunk, conatus,
     conduciveness, constitution, contorted, cornered, corrupt,
     corrupted, course, crazy, crocked, crocko, crook, crooked,
     crotched, crumpled, crunched, cup of tea, current, curvaceous,
     curvate, curvated, curve, curved, curvesome, curviform,
     curvilineal, curvilinear, curving, curvy, decided, decisive,
     deflected, delight, determined, deviant, deviative, diathesis,
     direction, direction line, dishonest, disposed, disposition,
     dispositioned, distorted, drift, druthers, eagerness, eccentricity,
     elevated, faculty, fancy, fascination, favor, favoritism,
     feeling for, felicity, flair, forejudgment, forked, fried, fuddled,
     furcal, furcate, geniculate, geniculated, genius, genius for,
     geosynclinal, gift, gift for, given, grain, half-seas over, head,
     heading, helmsmanship, high, hooked, idiosyncrasy, illegal,
     illuminated, in the mood, inclination, inclined, inclining,
     incurvate, incurvated, incurved, incurving, individualism,
     innate aptitude, intent, irregular, jagged, jaundice,
     jaundiced eye, kidney, knack, knee-shaped, labyrinthine, lay,
     leaning, liability, lie, likely, liking, line, line of direction,
     line of march, lit, lit up, loaded, lopsided, lubricated, lurch,
     lushy, make, makeup, mazy, meandering, mental set, mettle, mind,
     mind-set, minded, mold, mutual affinity, mutual attraction, muzzy,
     nature, navigation, nonsymmetric, nose, oiled, one-sided,
     one-sidedness, organized, orientation, partialism, partiality,
     particular choice, partisanship, peculiar, penchant,
     personal choice, perverse, perverted, pickled, pie-eyed, piloting,
     pissed, pissy-eyed, plastered, point, pointed, polluted, potted,
     preconception, predilection, predisposed, predisposition,
     preference, prejudgment, prejudice, prepossession, probability,
     proclivity, prone, proneness, propensity, quarter, raddled, range,
     readiness, recurvate, recurvated, recurved, recurving, resolute,
     resolved, round, rounded, run, saw-toothed, sawtooth,
     sensitivity to, serpentine, serrate, set, settled, sharp,
     sharp-cornered, sheer, shellacked, sinuous, skew, skunk-drunk,
     slant, slue, smashed, soaked, soft spot, soused, sprung, squiffy,
     stamp, steerage, steering, stewed, stinko, strain, strange, streak,
     stripe, style, susceptibility, swacked, swerve, sympathy, talent,
     tanked, taste, temper, temperament, tendency, tenor, thing, tight,
     tortuous, track, trend, tropism, turn, turn for, turn of mind,
     twist, twisted, type, undetachment, undispassionateness, undulant,
     unsymmetric, veer, warp, warped, wavy, way, weakness, weird,
     willingness, wry, zigzag
  
  

  a. 弯曲的;
  v. 弯曲;
  vbl. 弯曲;

     a. 弯曲的,决心的
     n.
     vbl. 弯曲
     n. 爱好