Noun

(en noun)

An inclination or talent.

He had a natural bent for painting.

A predisposition to act or react in a particular way.

His mind was of a technical bent .

The state of being curved, crooked, or inclined from a straight line; flexure; curvity.

the bent of a bow

(Wilkins)

A declivity or slope, as of a hill.

(Dryden)

Particular direction or tendency; flexion; course.

* John Locke

bents and turns of the matter

(carpentry) A transverse frame of a framed structure.

Tension; force of acting; energy; impetus.

* Norris

the full bent and stress of the soul

Noun

(en noun)

Any of various stiff or reedy grasses.

* Drayton

His spear a bent , both stiff and strong.

* 1888 , Rudyard Kipling, ‘The Strange Ride of Morrowbie Jukes’, The Phantom ’Rickshaw and Other Tales , Folio Society 2005, p. 121:

Gunga Dass gave me a double handful of dried bents which I thrust down the mouth of the lair to the right of his, and followed myself, feet foremost [...].

* 1913 ,

Clusters of strong flowers rose everywhere above the coarse tussocks of bent .

A grassy area, grassland.

* The Ballad of Chevy Chase

Bowmen bickered upon the bent .

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Noun

(en noun)

(senseid)(geometry) A figure formed by two rays which start from a common point (a plane angle) or by three planes that intersect (a solid angle).

(senseid)(geometry) The measure of such a figure. In the case of a plane angle, this is the ratio (or proportional to the ratio) of the arc length to the radius of a section of a circle cut by the two rays, centered at their common point. In the case of a solid angle, this is the ratio of the surface area to the square of the radius of the section of a sphere.

A corner where two walls intersect.

A change in direction.

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(senseid) A viewpoint; a way of looking at something.

* {{quote-magazine, date=2013-01

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* 2005 , Adams Media, Adams Job Interview Almanac (page 299)

For example, if I was trying to repitch an idea to a producer who had already turned it down, I would say something like, "I remember you said you didn't like my idea because there was no women's angle . Well, here's a great one that both of us must have missed during our first conversation."

(media) The focus of a news story.

(slang, professional wrestling) A storyline between two wrestlers, providing the background for and approach to a feud.

(slang) A scheme; a means of benefitting from a situation, usually hidden, possibly illegal.

A projecting or sharp corner; an angular fragment.

* Dryden

though but an angle reached him of the stone

(astrology) Any of the four cardinal points of an astrological chart: the Ascendant, the Midheaven, the Descendant and the Imum Coeli.

Noun

(en noun)

A fishhook; tackle for catching fish, consisting of a line, hook, and bait, with or without a rod.

* Shakespeare

Give me mine angle : we'll to the river there.

* Alexander Pope

A fisher next his trembling angle bears.