not bent or curved

  • 1Bent edge — or curved edge was an off shoot of hardcore punk that was formed to be a counter movement to straight edge. At the time straight edge was starting to gain traction and support. Bent edge was also part of a rising anti Dischord sentiment among… …

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  • 2bent — bent1 [bent] vt., vi. pt. & pp. of BEND1 adj. 1. made curved or crooked; not straight 2. strongly inclined or determined: with on [bent on going] 3. set in a course; bound [westward bent] 4 …

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  • 3Bent — Bent, n. [See {Bend}, n. & v.] 1. The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity; as, the bent of a bow. [Obs.] Wilkins. [1913 Webster] 2. A declivity or slope, as of a hill. [R.] Dryden. [1913 Webster] 3.… …

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  • 4un|bent — «uhn BEHNT», verb, adjective. a) a past tense and a past participle of unbend. –adj. not bent or curved; unbowed: »Figurative. her unbent will s majestic pride (John Greenleaf Whittier) …

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  • 5curved line — bent line, line that is not straight …

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  • 6bent — I. /bɛnt / (say bent) adjective 1. curved; crooked: a bent stick; a bent finger. 2. Colloquial dishonest; corrupt: *We d done it all before; the security guard paid off, out the back having a smoke, the bent coppers taking their cut, but this… …

  • 7curved — vd adj. bent, turned, twisted, winding kɜːv n. line that is not straight, continuously bending line; bend, turn (in a road) v. form into a curve, bend; turn …

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  • 8straight — {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} adj. 1 not bent or curved VERBS ▪ be, look ▪ become ▪ stay ▪ keep sth ▪ Keep the car st …

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  • 9straight — [14] Straight began life as the past participle of stretch. Nowadays this verb has a perfectly normal past form (stretched), but in Middle English it was straught (source of distraught [14], an alteration of distract) or straight – whence the… …

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  • 10straight — [14] Straight began life as the past participle of stretch. Nowadays this verb has a perfectly normal past form (stretched), but in Middle English it was straught (source of distraught [14], an alteration of distract) or straight – whence the… …

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