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For the verb: "to bend"
| Simple Past: | bent |
| Past Participle: | bent |
Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
bent /bent/
- prét pp ➡ See Also→ bend .
- noun (flair) dispositions fpl ( for pour);
(liking) goût m, penchant m ( for, towards pour).
- adjective
- (nail, wire, stick) tordu;
(old person) (stooped) courbé;
- to be ~ on doing sth vouloir à tout prix faire qch.
- (nail, wire, stick) tordu;
Concise Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary © 2009 Oxford University Press:
bend /bend/
- noun gen (in road) tournant m, virage m;
(in pipe) coude m;
(in river) courbe f;
(of elbow, knee) pli m;
there's a ~ in the road la route fait un virage.
- bends ➡ diseases npl Med (+ v sg ou pl) maladie f des caissons.
- transitive verb (prét, pp bent) plier (knee, arm, leg);
courber, pencher (head);
courber (back);
faire un coude à (pipe, bar);
plier (wire);
(by mistake) tordre (pipe, nail);
to ~ the rules gen contourner la loi (or le règlement);
(make exception) faire une exception.
- intransitive verb (prét, pp bent)
- (road, path) tourner;
(river) (once) s'incurver;
(several times) faire des méandres;
(branch) ployer;
(nail, mudguard) se tordre;
- (person) se courber, se pencher;
to ~ forward/backwards se pencher en avant/en arrière.
- (road, path) tourner;
IDIOMS:
to drive sb (a)round the ~ (familier) rendre qn fou/folle;
to ~ over backwards for sb/to do se mettre en quatre pour qn/pour faire.
bend back: to ~ over backwards for sb/to do se mettre en quatre pour qn/pour faire.
▶ ~ back (person) se pencher en arrière;
▶ to ~ sth back into shape redresser qch.
bend down, bend over (person) se pencher, se courber.
'bent' found in these Oxford entries:
bent: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| bent | (crooked) | tordu adj | |
| bent | Penché | Courbé adj | |
| bent | forme un coude | coudé adj | |
| bent | (intent on) | avoir l'intention de adj | |
| bent | (inclined) | avoir tendance à adj | |
| bent | inclinations, aptitudes | dispositions nfpl | |
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bend: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Principal Translations/Principales traductions | |||
| bend | (of a river) d'une rivière | coude nm | |
| bend | d'un tube ou d'un tuyau | détour nm | |
| bend | (of a tube) d'un tube ou d'un tuyau | coude nm | |
| bend | (of an object) d'un objet | courbure nf | |
| bend | (road infrastructure) infrastructure routière | virage nm | |
| bend | (road infrastructure) infrastructure routière | tournant nm | |
| bend | (road infrastructure) infrastructure routière | courbe nf | |
| bend | (nautical) nautisme | nœud de jonction nm | |
| bend | (back, body, head) le dos, le corps, la tête | courber v | |
| Additional Translations/Traductions supplémentaires | |||
| bend | (knee, leg) le genou, la jambe | fléchir v | |
| bend | (knee, leg) le genou, la jambe | plier v | |
| bend | (head) la tête | baisser v | |
| bend | (head) la tête | pencher v | |
| bend | (rail, pipe, rod) tuyau, rail, corde | tordre v | |
| bend | (a beam, a light) un faisceau, la lumière | réfracter v | |
| bend | (nautical) nautisme | enverguer v | |
| bend | (nautical (cable)) nautisme (cable) | étalinguer v | |
| bend | (iron work) métallurgie | cintre nm | |
| bend | (make crooked) | fausser v | |
| bend | (change direction) changer de direction | tourner v | |
| bend | (person) personne | se courber v | |
| bend | (bow) arc | tendre v | |
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bent: WordReference English-French Dictionary © 2012
| Compound Forms/Formes composées | |||
| be bent in half | vi | (person: be doubled over) | être plié (en deux) v |
| When she came in, she was bent in half because of the pain. | |||
| Il est plié de douleurs. | |||
| be bent in half | vi | (thing: be folded in two) | être plié (en deux) v |
| After a freak spring snowstorm, the daffodils were bent in half under the weight of the snow. | |||
| se plier (en deux) v pron | |||
| Le carton s'est plié en deux sous le poids de la charge. | |||
| be bent on | vtr | (be determined: to do sth) | être déterminé à v+adj+prép |
| That cousin of yours is bent on doing as much damage as he can. | |||
| Elle était déterminée à se marier dès que possible. | |||
| bent (over) | pencher v | ||
| bent grass | agrostide nf | ||
| bent grass | Botanique | agrostis nf | |
| bent on | joint par le bout | abouté adj | |
| bent over | adj | (doubled over) | plié en deux pp, adj |
| He was bent over in agony. | |||
| hell-bent | déterminé adj | ||
| hell-bent on | prep | figurative (stubbornly determined to) | farouchement déterminé à adj & pré |
| She's hell-bent on coming tonight, in spite of this awful weather. | |||
| Even though she is bright, she seems hell-bent on failing. | |||
| Elle était farouchement déterminée à aller pique-niquer, malgré la pluie. | |||
| natural bent | n | (inherent tendency or inclination) | penchant naturel nm |
| goût inné nm | |||
| Il a un goût inné pour la musique baroque. | |||
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Forums WR : discussions dont le titre comprend le mot(s) "bent".
"To be bent", "to bend into"
an over-the-top architectural bent of the sort
Before the Iowa caucuses, it looked ... were bent on self-destruction
Bent brilliant pink
bent on their ouster
bent open
bent personality
Bent pile
bent under the weight of trusts and secrets
bent-type (adj.)
don't get bent
ears must be bent
head bent out of shape
Heck bent
hell-bent
His body bent this way and that in a series of gruelling, almost disgusting contortions
pre-bent with a step
redeemable bent noses
She bent down to face the child
to be bent out of shape
an over-the-top architectural bent of the sort
Before the Iowa caucuses, it looked ... were bent on self-destruction
Bent brilliant pink
bent on their ouster
bent open
bent personality
Bent pile
bent under the weight of trusts and secrets
bent-type (adj.)
don't get bent
ears must be bent
head bent out of shape
Heck bent
hell-bent
His body bent this way and that in a series of gruelling, almost disgusting contortions
pre-bent with a step
redeemable bent noses
She bent down to face the child
to be bent out of shape
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