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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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hunger
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?h????/
- (General American) IPA(key): /?h????/
- Rhymes: -????(?)
- Hyphenation: hun?ger
Etymology 1
From Middle English hunger, from Old English hungor (“hunger, desire; famine”), from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz (“hunger”), from Proto-Indo-European *kenk- (“to burn, smart, desire, hunger, thirst”). Cognate with West Frisian honger, hûnger (“hunger”), Dutch honger (“hunger”), German Low German Hunger (“hunger”), German Hunger (“hunger”), Swedish hunger (“hunger”), Icelandic hungur (“hunger”).
Noun
hunger (countable and uncountable, plural hungers)
- A need or compelling desire for food.
- (by extension) Any strong desire.
- I have a hunger to win.
Usage notes
The phrase be hungry is more common than have hunger to express a need for food.
Antonyms
- satiety
- satiation
Derived terms
- hunger is the best spice
- hungerless
- hunger stone
Translations
See also
- thirst
Etymology 2
From Old English hyngran, from Proto-Germanic *hungrijan?.
Verb
hunger (third-person singular simple present hungers, present participle hungering, simple past and past participle hungered)
- (intransitive) To be in need of food.
- (figuratively, intransitive, usually with 'for' or 'after') To have a desire (for); to long; to yearn.
- 1993, The The, Love Is Stronger Than Death
- In our lives we hunger for those we cannot touch.
- 1993, The The, Love Is Stronger Than Death
- (archaic, transitive) To make hungry; to famish.
Derived terms
- ahungered/anhungered
Translations
References
- hunger in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- rehung
Danish
Noun
hunger
- (uncommon) hunger
Declension
Synonyms
- sult
Derived terms
- hungersnød
German
Verb
hunger
- inflection of hungern:
- first-person singular present
- singular imperative
Middle English
Alternative forms
- (Early ME) hunngerr, hungor, hungær
- hunguer, honguer, honger, hungre, hongre, hungere, hongur, hounger, hounguer, hungir, hungyr, hungur
Etymology
From Old English hungor, from Proto-Germanic *hungruz, *hunhruz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?hun??r/, [?hu???r]
Noun
hunger (uncountable)
- Hungriness; the feeling of being hungry or requiring satiation.
- Hunger; a great lack or death of food or nutrition.
- A shortage of food in a region or country; widespread hunger.
- Hunger as a metaphorical individual; the force of hunger.
- (rare) Any strong drive or compulsion.
Derived terms
- hungren
- hungry
- hungrylych
Descendants
- English: hunger
- Scots: hounger, hunger
References
- “hunger, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-09-19.
Norwegian Bokmål
Etymology
From Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz.
Noun
hunger m (definite singular hungeren, uncountable)
- hunger
Synonyms
- sult
Derived terms
- hungersnød
Related terms
- hungrig
References
- “hunger” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Old Norse hungr
Noun
hunger m (definite singular hungeren) (uncountable)
- hunger
Synonyms
- svolt
Derived terms
- hungersnaud, hungersnød
Related terms
- hungrig
References
- “hunger” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Swedish
Etymology
From Old Norse hungr, from Proto-Germanic *hunhruz.
Pronunciation
Noun
hunger c (uncountable)
- hunger
Declension
See also
- hungrig
- hungra
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