different between bent vs liking

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: b?nt, IPA^(key): /b?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From bend +? -t.

Verb

bent

1. simple past tense and past participle of bend

Adjective

bent (comparative benter or more bent, superlative bentest or most bent)

1. (Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
2. (colloquial, chiefly Britain) corrupt, dishonest
3. (derogatory, colloquial, chiefly Britain) Homosexual.
4. Determined or insistent.

   Synonym: hell-bent
5. (Of a person) leading a life of crime.
6. (slang, soccer) inaccurately aimed

7. (colloquial, chiefly US) Suffering from the bends
8. (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)

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.
   • 1648, John Wilkins, Mathematical Magick

     the force they have in the discharge , according to several bents

4. A declivity or slope, as of a hill.

   • Beneath the lowering brow, and on a bent,
     The temple stood of Mars armipotent

5. Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

   • bents and turns of the matter

6. (carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
   1. Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
   2. Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
7. 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

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)

1. 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.

2. A grassy area, grassland.
   • c. 1500, The Ballad of Chevy Chase

     Bowmen bickered upon the bent.

3. 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

1. 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)

1. inside

   Synonym: benn

   Antonyms: kinn, kint

References

Lithuanian

Adverb

bent

1. at least.

Old Norse

Participle

bent

1. strong neuter nominative/accusative singular of bendr

Verb

bent

1. 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)

1. (archaic, 14th century) Coarse or wiry grass growing upon moorlands.
2. (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}}})

1. dam

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?la?k??/
• Rhymes: -a?k??

Etymology 1

From Middle English likinge, likinde, likende, likande, licande, from Old English l?ciende, l?ci?ende, from Proto-Germanic *l?k?ndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *l?k?n?, equivalent to like +? -ing.

Verb

liking

1. present participle of like

Etymology 2

From Middle English likinge, from Old English l?cung (“pleasing; pleasure; gratification; liking”), equivalent to like +? -ing.

Noun

liking (countable and uncountable, plural likings)

1. A like; a predilection.
   • 1859, John Stuart Mill, On Liberty

     The likings and dislikings of society, or of some powerful portion of it, are thus the main thing which has practically determined the rules laid down for general observance, under the penalties of law or opinion.

2. (archaic) Approval.

   goods bought on liking

Synonyms

• See Thesaurus:predilection

Derived terms

• for one's liking
• to one's liking
• take a liking to

Translations

Sambali

Noun

likíng

1. side