bent
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
the set of his mind was obvious
Types & categories
- inclination hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 adjective
fixed in your purpose
bent on going to the theater
Related & opposite
- resolute similar to
Sense 3 noun
grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
Types & categories
- grass hypernym
- velvet bent hyponym
- cloud grass hyponym
- creeping bent hyponym
Parts & wholes
- Agrostis member holonym
Sense 4 adjective
used of the back and knees; stooped
on bended knee
Related & opposite
- unerect similar to
Sense 5 noun
an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
Types & categories
- grassland hypernym
Sense 6 adjective
of metal e.g.
bent nails
Related & opposite
- damaged similar to
Sense 7 noun
a special way of doing something
he had a bent for it
Types & categories
- endowment hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | set |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | specify |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | inclination |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | resolute |
| 3 | member holonym | Parts & wholes | Agrostis |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | grass |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | velvet bent |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cloud grass |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | creeping bent |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | unerect |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | grassland |
| 6 | similar to | Related & opposite | damaged |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | endowment |