Bent vs. Crooked
Bentverb
simple past tense and past participle of bend
Bentadjective
(Of something that is usually straight) folded, dented
Bentadjective
corrupt, dishonest
Bentadjective
Homosexual.
Bentadjective
Determined or insistent.
Bentadjective
(Of a person) leading a life of crime.
Bentadjective
inaccurately aimed
Bentadjective
Suffering from the bends
Bentadjective
(slang) High from both marijuana and alcohol.
Bentnoun
An inclination or talent.
Bentnoun
A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.
Bentnoun
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.
Bentnoun
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Bentnoun
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Bentnoun
(carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure; a subunit of framing.
Bentnoun
Such a subunit as a component of a barn's framing, joined to other bents by girts and summer beams.
Bentnoun
Such a subunit as a reinforcement to, or integral part of, a bridge's framing.
Bentnoun
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Bentnoun
Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.
Bentnoun
A grassy area, grassland.
Bentnoun
The old dried stalks of grasses.
Bent
imp. & p. p. of Bend.
Bentadjective
Changed by pressure so as to be no longer straight; crooked; as, a bent pin; a bent lever.
Bentadjective
Strongly inclined toward something, so as to be resolved, determined, set, etc.; - said of the mind, character, disposition, desires, etc., and used with on; as, to be bent on going to college; he is bent on mischief.
Bentnoun
The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow.
Bentnoun
A declivity or slope, as of a hill.
Bentnoun
A leaning or bias; proclivity; tendency of mind; inclination; disposition; purpose; aim.
Bentnoun
Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.
Bentnoun
A transverse frame of a framed structure.
Bentnoun
Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.
Bentnoun
A reedlike grass; a stalk of stiff, coarse grass.
Bentnoun
A grass of the genus Agrostis, esp. Agrostis vulgaris, or redtop. The name is also used of many other grasses, esp. in America.
Bentnoun
Any neglected field or broken ground; a common; a moor.
Bentnoun
a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way;
Bentnoun
grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
Bentnoun
a special way of doing something;
Bentadjective
altered from an originally straight condition;
Bentadjective
fixed in your purpose;
Bentadjective
used of the back and knees; stooped;
Bentadjective
used especially of the head or upper back;
Bentadjective
of metal e.g.;
Crookedverb
simple past tense and past participle of crook
Crookedadjective
Not straight; having one or more bends or angles.
Crookedadjective
Set at an angle; not vertical or square.
Crookedadjective
(figuratively) Dishonest or illegal; corrupt.
Crookedadjective
Characterized by a crook or curve; not straight; turning; bent; twisted; deformed.
Crookedadjective
Not straightforward; deviating from rectitude; distorted from the right.
Crookedadjective
False; dishonest; fraudulent; as, crooked dealings.
Crookedadjective
having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned;
Crookedadjective
not straight; dishonest or immoral or evasive
Crookedadjective
irregular in shape or outline;
Crookedadjective
having the back and shoulders rounded; not erect;
