(bent)
Past tense and past participle of BEND.
—adjective
1. Deflected from a straight line; crooked.
2. Made fast to a spar or other object: said of a sail, etc.
3. Fixed in a course; set; as, on pleasure bent.
—noun
1. The state of being inclined or the direction in which inclined; also, inclination; penchant; tendency; bias; disposition.
2. The degree of tension; limit of endurance or capacity.
3. Engin. A section of a framed building; a portion of a framework or scaffolding of a building, designed to carry both vertical and transverse loads.
4. A cast of the eye.
5. Obs. Concentrated force; impetus. See synonyms under INCLINATION.

noun
1. One of various stiff wiry grasses (genus Agrostis): also bent grass.
2. The stiff flower stalk of various grasses.
3. Brit. The stalk or seeding spike of either of the two common species of plantain (Plantago major and P. lanceolata).
4. Land unenclosed and covered only with grass or sedge, as opposed to wood, a heath moor, or other waste land. [OE beonet]