bent
English Thesaurus
1. a special way of doing something (noun.cognition)
2. a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way (noun.cognition)
3. an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges (noun.location)
| hypernym | : | grassland, |
| definition | : | land where grass or grasslike vegetation grows and is the dominant form of plant life (noun.location) |
4. grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens (noun.plant)
| hypernym | : | grass, |
| definition | : | narrow-leaved green herbage: grown as lawns; used as pasture for grazing animals; cut and dried as hay (noun.plant) |
| member meronym | : | agrostis, genus agrostis, |
| definition | : | annual or perennial grasses cosmopolitan in northern hemisphere: bent grass (so named from `bent' meaning an area of unfenced grassland) (noun.plant) |
5. of metal e.g. (adj.all)
| similar | : | damaged, |
| definition | : | harmed or injured or spoiled (adj.all) |
6. used of the back and knees; stooped (adj.all)
| similar | : | unerect, |
| definition | : | not upright in position or posture (adj.all) |
7. fixed in your purpose (adj.all)
| similar | : | resolute, |
| definition | : | firm in purpose or belief; characterized by firmness and determination (adj.all) |
8. a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | determine, set, |
| definition | : | fix conclusively or authoritatively (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | determine, set, |
| definition | : | fix conclusively or authoritatively (verb.cognition) |
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