different between bent vs bant
bent
English
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) enPR: b?nt, IPA(key): /b?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Etymology 1
From bend +? -t.
Verb
bent
- simple past tense and past participle of bend
Adjective
bent (comparative benter or more bent, superlative bentest or most bent)
- (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
- (colloquial, chiefly Britain) corrupt, dishonest
- (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly Britain) Homosexual.
- Determined or insistent.
- Synonym: hell-bent
- (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
- (slang, soccer) inaccurately aimed
- (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends
- (slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.
Synonyms
- (folded, corrupt): crooked
- (homosexual): queer
Derived terms
- bent as a nine-bob note
- bent copper
Related terms
- (determined): hell-bent
Translations
Noun
bent (plural bents)
- An inclination or talent.
- A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
- The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
- the force they have in the discharge , according to several bents
- 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick
- A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
- Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent,
The temple stood of Mars armipotent
- Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent,
- Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
- bents and turns of the matter
- (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
- Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
- Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
- Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
- 1707, John Norris, Practical Discourses Upon the Beatitudes of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
- the full bent and stress of the soul
- 1707, John Norris, Practical Discourses Upon the Beatitudes of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.
Synonyms
- (an inclination or talent): disposition, predilection, proclivity, propensity, see also Thesaurus:predilection
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English bent, benet, from Old English *beonet (attested only in place-names and personal names), from Proto-West Germanic *binut (“reed, rush”), of uncertain origin.
Noun
bent (countable and uncountable, plural bents)
- Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, "Nymphidia", 1810 reprint page 124:
- His spear a bent, both stiff and strong.
- 1888, Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales, Folio Society 2005, p. 121:
- 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 [...].
- 1913, D.H. Lawrence, Sons and Lovers, chapter 9
- Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent.
- 1627, Michael Drayton, "Nymphidia", 1810 reprint page 124:
- A grassy area, grassland.
- c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase
- Bowmen bickered upon the bent.
- c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase
- The old dried stalks of grasses.
Synonyms
(grass): bentgrass
Translations
Dutch
Etymology
Created in analogy to Dutch ben (“am”). Modern Dutch bent has replaced the Middle Dutch verb forms bes and best (“(you) are (sg.)”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /b?nt/
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
bent
- second-person singular present indicative of zijn; are.
References
Hungarian
Etymology
From benn, following the example of alant and lent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [?b?nt]
- Hyphenation: bent
- Rhymes: -?nt
Adverb
bent (comparative bentebb, superlative legbentebb)
- inside
- Synonym: benn
- Antonyms: kinn, kint
References
Lithuanian
Adverb
bent
- at least.
Old Norse
Participle
bent
- strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of bendr
Verb
bent
- supine of benda
Scots
Alternative forms
- bynt
Etymology
From Old English beonet, compare Middle English bent.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?nt/
Noun
bent (plural bents)
- (archaic, 14th century) Coarse or wiry grass growing upon moorlands.
- (archaic, 15th century) An area covered with coarse or wiry grass; a moor.
Derived terms
- benty (covered in bent)
Turkish
Etymology
From Persian ???? (band).
Noun
bent (definite accusative {{{1}}}, plural {{{2}}})
- dam
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bant
English
Etymology
Clipping of banter.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -ænt
Noun
bant (uncountable)
- (slang) Clipping of banter.
See also
- banting
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German want, from Old High German want, from Proto-Germanic *wanduz (“rod, stick; barrier made of sticks, fence”). Cognate with German Wand, Dutch wand, Icelandic vendi.
Noun
bant f (plural bèntar) (Sette Comuni)
- wall, partition
- twelve fathoms
Declension
References
- “bant” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
Dutch
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -?nt
Verb
bant
- second- and third-person singular present indicative of bannen
- (archaic) plural imperative of bannen
Norwegian Bokmål
Alternative forms
- bana, banet
Verb
bant
- past participle of bane (Etymology 3)
Welsh
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /bant/
Etymology 1
From i bant (“to (the) hollow/valley”).
Adverb
bant
- (South Wales, colloquial) away, off
- Gyrrodd e bant heb ddweud gair
- He drove away / off, without saying a word
- Synonym: i ffwrdd
- Gyrrodd e bant heb ddweud gair
- (South Wales, colloquial) off (not in an operating state)
- Ydy'r cyfrifiadur bant?
- Is the computer off?
- Synonym: i ffwrdd
- Antonym: ymlaen
- Ydy'r cyfrifiadur bant?
Derived terms
- amser bant (“time away, time off”)
- bant â hi (“slapdash”)
- bant â'r cart (“off we go”)
- diwrnod bant (“day away, day off”)
Mutation
As bant is already the soft mutation of pant, it cannot be further mutated.
Etymology 2
Noun
bant
- Soft mutation of pant.
Mutation
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