Bent - English meaning

noun

Possession of the means or skill to do something.

Usage examples:

The manager had lost his ability to motivate the players

suffix

Forming nouns of quality corresponding to adjectives ending in -able (such as suitability corresponding to suitable ).

noun

The mental or physical power or skill needed to do something

Usage examples:

[ u ] they should not be taking in somebody they don't have the ability to care for., [ c ] her tea…

verb

Point or direct (a weapon or camera) at a target.

Usage examples:

Aim the camcorder at some suitable object

noun

A purpose or intention; a desired outcome.

Usage examples:

Our primary aim is to achieve financial discipline

abbreviation

Alternative investment market (a subsidiary market of the london stock exchange that allows small companies to be traded without the expense of a full market listing).

adjective

Lacking a moral sense; unconcerned with the rightness or wrongness of something.

Usage examples:

An amoral attitude to sex

adjective

Without moral principles

Usage examples:

Business is an amoral activity focused coldly on success.

noun

The space (usually measured in degrees) between two intersecting lines or surfaces at or close to the point where they meet.

Usage examples:

In any triangle, the longest side is opposite the largest angle

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

noun

A fish hook.

Usage examples:

You will be pleased too, if you find a trout at one of our angles

adjective

Placed or inclined at an angle to something else.

Usage examples:

He sent an angled shot into the net

verb

Direct or incline at an angle.

Usage examples:

He angled his chair so that he could watch her

verb

Fish with a rod and line.

Usage examples:

There are no big fish left to angle for

noun

A natural ability to do something.

Usage examples:

Children with an aptitude for painting and drawing

noun

Natural ability or skill

Usage examples:

[ u ] my son has no aptitude for sports.

noun

A natural ability or skill

Usage examples:

Aptitude for sth discovering that he had an aptitude for finance, he got a job as a commercial-cred…

noun

A part of a curve, especially a part of the circumference of a circle.

Usage examples:

The point where a tangential line touches the arc of a circle

verb

Move with a curving trajectory.

Usage examples:

The ball arced across the room

abbreviation

(in the uk) agricultural research council.

noun

A curved symmetrical structure spanning an opening and typically supporting the weight of a bridge, roof, or wall above it.

Usage examples:

The result brings to mind support structures for vaulted arches (for instance gaudi's sagrada famil…

verb

Have the curved shape of an arch.

Usage examples:

A beautiful bridge that arched over a canal

adjective

Deliberately or affectedly playful and teasing.

Usage examples:

A somewhat arch tone of voice

adjective

Constructed with or in the form of an arch or arches.

Usage examples:

High arched windows

verb

Have the curved shape of an arch.

Usage examples:

A beautiful bridge that arched over a canal

adjective

Having a shape or structure with an curve at the top, like an arch

Usage examples:

The entrance to the cathedral is through an arched door.

noun

Inclination or prejudice for or against one person or group, especially in a way considered to be unfair.

Usage examples:

There was evidence of bias against foreign applicants

verb

Cause to feel or show inclination or prejudice for or against someone or something.

Usage examples:

All too often, our recruitment processes are biased towards younger candidates

noun

An unfair personal opinion that influences your judgment

Usage examples:

[ u ] they vowed to fight racial bias in the school., [ c usually sing ] does news coverage reflect…

noun

A knot tied with two loops and two loose ends, used especially for tying shoelaces and decorative ribbons.

Usage examples:

A girl with long hair tied back in a bow

verb

A curved stroke forming part of a letter (e.g. b, p ).

noun

An act of bending the head or upper body as a sign of respect or greeting.

Usage examples:

The man gave a little bow

verb

Play (a stringed instrument or music) using a bow.

Usage examples:

The techniques by which the pieces were bowed

verb

Bend the head or upper part of the body as a sign of respect, greeting, or shame.

Usage examples:

He turned and bowed to his father

noun

A knot tied with two loops and two loose ends, used especially for tying shoelaces and decorative ribbons.

Usage examples:

A girl with long hair tied back in a bow

noun

A flat, typically rectangular frame with a hinged pin, used for joining the ends of a belt or strap.

Usage examples:

Most rucksacks have quick release buckles

verb

Fasten with a buckle.

Usage examples:

He buckled his belt

noun

A fastener for a belt

Usage examples:

A silver buckle, [ t ] please buckle your seat belts., [ i ] after eight hours of hiking, our knees…

noun

A length of something wound in a joined sequence of concentric rings.

Usage examples:

A coil of rope

verb

Arrange (something long and flexible) in a coil.

Usage examples:

He began to coil up the heavy ropes

noun

A confusion or turmoil.

Usage examples:

But the biggest loser from our decision to cling gamely to the mortal coil is the national health s…

verb

Force or oblige (someone) to do something.

Usage examples:

A sense of duty compelled harry to answer her questions

verb

To force someone to do something

Usage examples:

At school, we were compelled to wear uniforms, which i hated.

verb

To produce a strong feeling or reaction

Usage examples:

Over the years her work has compelled universal admiration and trust.

verb

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.

Usage examples:

A spasm of pain contorted his face

verb

To (cause something to) twist or bend violently and unnaturally into a different shape or form

Usage examples:

His face contorted with bitterness and rage.

adjective

Twisted or bent out of the normal shape.

Usage examples:

Contorted limbs

verb

Twist or bend out of the normal shape.

Usage examples:

A spasm of pain contorted his face

adjective

Twisted or bent in a way that does not seem natural

Usage examples:

His face was contorted in anger.

adjective

Having or showing a willingness to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous logging companies assisted by corrupt officials

verb

Cause to act dishonestly in return for money or personal gain.

Usage examples:

There is a continuing fear of firms corrupting politicians in the search for contracts

adjective

Dishonest and willing to use your position or power to your own advantage, esp. for money

Usage examples:

It’s been called the most politically corrupt city in the nation., your philosophy is corrupt., pol…

adjective

Able to be made to do something dishonest or immoral

Usage examples:

Some people have more confidence in women because they feel they are less corruptible., perhaps som…

noun

A person who has committed a crime.

Usage examples:

These men are dangerous criminals

adjective

Relating to crime.

Usage examples:

They are charged with conspiracy to commit criminal damage

adjective

Involving or having the character of a crime

Usage examples:

She may face criminal charges for lying to a grand jury., he had an extensive criminal record (= an…

noun

The hooked staff of a shepherd.

Usage examples:

Seizing his crook from behind the door, he set off to call his dogs

verb

Bend (something, especially a finger as a signal).

Usage examples:

He crooked a finger for the waitress

adjective

Bad, unpleasant, or unsatisfactory.

Usage examples:

It was pretty crook on the land in the early 1970s

adjective

Bent or twisted out of shape or out of place.

Usage examples:

His teeth were yellow and crooked

verb

Bend (something, especially a finger as a signal).

Usage examples:

He crooked a finger for the waitress

adjective

Not straight or not even; twisted, bent, or uneven

Usage examples:

That dog’s tail is crooked., your glasses are on crooked., their efforts centered on crooked deals …

verb

Adopt a position where the knees are bent and the upper body is brought forward and down, typically in order to avoid detection or to defend oneself.

Usage examples:

We crouched down in the trench

noun

A crouching stance or posture.

Usage examples:

He dropped into a defensive crouch

verb

The act of bending low with the limbs close to the body

verb

Form or cause to form into a curved or spiral shape.

Usage examples:

Her fingers curled round the microphone

noun

Something in the shape of a spiral or coil, especially a lock of hair.

Usage examples:

Her blonde hair was a mass of tangled curls

noun

A piece of hair that grows or has been formed into a curving shape, or something that is the same shape as this

Usage examples:

Tight/loose curls, in curls her hair fell in curls over her shoulders., curls of smoke were rising …

noun

A line or outline which gradually deviates from being straight for some or all of its length.

Usage examples:

The parapet wall sweeps down in a bold curve

verb

Form or cause to form a curve.

Usage examples:

Her mouth curved in a smile

verb

To form or move in the direction of a line that turns continuously and has no straight parts, or to cause something to do this

Usage examples:

[ i ] the road curves around the cemetery., a curve in a road

adjective

Having the form of a curve; bent.

Usage examples:

Birds with long curved bills

verb

Form or cause to form a curve.

Usage examples:

Her mouth curved in a smile

adjective

Having a rounded or smoothly bending shape

Usage examples:

A curved surface, the knife has a short, curved blade.

verb

Distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.

Usage examples:

He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

verb

To change the shape or structure, esp. by using great pressure

Usage examples:

Heat generated by intense pressure deforms the rock.

verb

To spoil the usual and true shape of something

Usage examples:

Age deforms the spine.

adjective

(of a person or part of the body) not having the normal or natural shape or form; misshapen.

Usage examples:

His deformed hands

verb

Distort the shape or form of; make misshapen.

Usage examples:

He was physically deformed by a rare bone disease

adjective

Spoiled by not having a usual or regular shape or structure

Usage examples:

The shale in this area is deformed and folding of the rock can be seen., the child was born with a …

adjective

Extending or moving from one place to another without changing direction or stopping.

Usage examples:

There was no direct flight that day

adverb

With no one or nothing in between.

Usage examples:

They seem reluctant to deal with me direct

verb

Control the operations of; manage or govern.

Usage examples:

An economic elite directed the nation's affairs

adjective

Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way.

Usage examples:

He was a dishonest hypocrite prepared to exploit his family

adjective

Not honest

Usage examples:

He’s been dishonest with us, and i’ll never trust him again.

adjective

Bringing shame or disgrace on someone or something.

Usage examples:

His crimes are petty and dishonourable

adjective

A dishonourable action causes embarrassment and a loss of people's respect

Usage examples:

This was a dishonourable attempt to avoid responsibility., they regard killing an unarmed man as di…

adjective

A dishonourable person is not honest or fair, or does not deserve praise and respect

Usage examples:

I know him, and he is not a dishonourable man.

noun

A person's inherent qualities of mind and character.

Usage examples:

Your sunny disposition has a way of rubbing off on those around you

noun

The particular type of character that a person naturally has

Usage examples:

She is of a nervous/cheerful/sunny disposition.

noun

A natural tendency to do something, or to have or develop something

Usage examples:

A disposition to deceive

verb

Pull or twist out of shape.

Usage examples:

A grimace distorted her mouth

verb

To change something from its natural or usual shape or condition

Usage examples:

Agony distorted his face., there are those who would distort the facts to serve their own political…

verb

To change something from its original, natural, or intended meaning, condition, or shape, especially in a negative way

Usage examples:

Governments are able to maintain discriminatory procurement practices which significantly distort t…

noun

A place, amenity, or piece of equipment provided for a particular purpose.

Usage examples:

Cooking facilities

noun

An ability or skill at doing something

Usage examples:

His facility for memorizing dates was astonishing., the new sports facility has a swimming pool.

noun

Equipment, rooms, etc. that are provided for people to use

Usage examples:

The community center has some of the newest equipment and best facilities in town., are non-members…

noun

An inherent mental or physical power.

Usage examples:

Her critical faculties

noun

The people who teach in a college or university, or in a department of a college or university

Usage examples:

Even though she is 102, she still has all of her faculties.

noun

A natural ability to hear, see, think, move, etc.

Usage examples:

Have all your faculties even at the age of 100, she still had all her faculties., in possession of …

noun

A special or instinctive aptitude or ability for doing something well.

Usage examples:

She had a flair for languages

noun

The ability to do something well

Usage examples:

Alan has a flair for public speaking.

noun

Natural ability to do something well

Usage examples:

Flair for he has a flair for languages.

verb

(with reference to a limb or joint) bend or become bent.

Usage examples:

She saw him flex his ankle and wince

noun

The action or state of flexing.

Usage examples:

Add rigidity and eliminate brake flex

noun

A flexible insulated cable used for carrying electric current to an appliance.

Usage examples:

Reading crown court was told that she took an electric flex intending to throttle the ripper.

noun

Strength or energy as an attribute of physical action or movement.

Usage examples:

He was thrown backwards by the force of the explosion

verb

Make a way through or into by physical strength; break open by force.

Usage examples:

The back door of the bank was forced

noun

A waterfall.

Usage examples:

At the village of west burton, two miles distant, is a fine force

adjective

Obtained, done by, or involving deception, especially criminal deception.

Usage examples:

Fraudulent share dealing

adjective

Not what it claims or pretends to be

Usage examples:

Fraudulent advertising, there’s been a rise in fraudulent insurance claims.

adjective

Intended to deceive someone, for example, to get money

Usage examples:

They thought i might try to collect insurance on a fraudulent claim., for a charge of fraudulent tr…

noun

A thing given willingly to someone without payment; a present.

Usage examples:

Wedding gifts

verb

Give (something) as a gift, especially formally or as a donation or bequest.

Usage examples:

The company gifted 2,999 shares to a charity

noun

Gamete intrafallopian transfer, a technique for assisting conception by introducing mixed ova and sperm into a fallopian tube.

Usage examples:

The first successful pregnancy conceived through gift occurred in 1984

verb

Insert (a shoot or twig) as a graft.

Usage examples:

It was common to graft different varieties on to a single tree trunk

verb

Make money by shady or dishonest means.

Usage examples:

The only friends i had were people i would graft with or put money together for drugs with.

verb

Work hard.

Usage examples:

I need people prepared to go out and graft

noun

A piece of metal or other hard material curved or bent back at an angle, for catching hold of or hanging things on.

Usage examples:

A picture hook

verb

Attach or fasten with a hook or hooks.

Usage examples:

The truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate

noun

A curved device used for catching or holding things, especially one attached to a surface for hanging things on

Usage examples:

Coat there were four coat hooks next to the door., picture hook standard picture hooks won't hold a…

adjective

Curved like a hook.

Usage examples:

A golden eagle with hooked beak

verb

Attach or fasten with a hook or hooks.

Usage examples:

The truck had a red lamp hooked to its tailgate

adjective

Strongly attracted to something or someone

Usage examples:

We were afraid she was getting hooked on painkillers, so we changed the medication., during the oly…

verb

Raise (one's shoulders) and bend the top of one's body forward.

Usage examples:

Eliot hunched his shoulders against a gust of snow

noun

A feeling or guess based on intuition rather than fact.

Usage examples:

I have a hunch that someone is telling lies

noun

An idea that is based on feeling and for which there is no proof

Usage examples:

[ + that clause ] i had a hunch that you’d be here., [ i ] we gathered in a circle and hunched over…

verb

Make (someone) feel admiration and respect.

Usage examples:

They immediately impressed the judges

noun

An act of making an impression or mark.

Usage examples:

Bluish marks made by the impress of his fingers

verb

Force (someone) to serve in an army or navy.

Usage examples:

A number of poles, impressed into the german army

noun

A person's natural tendency or urge to act or feel in a particular way; a disposition.

Usage examples:

John was a scientist by training and inclination

noun

A preference or tendency, or a feeling that makes a person want to do something

Usage examples:

Tony has a strong inclination toward the arts., if i were in your situation, my inclination would b…

noun

A feeling that you want to do a particular thing, or the fact that you prefer or are more likely to do a particular thing

Usage examples:

[ + to infinitive ] my own inclination would be to look for another job., we should be basing our d…

verb

Be favourably disposed towards or willing to do something.

Usage examples:

He was inclined to accept the offer

noun

An inclined surface or plane; a slope, especially on a road or railway.

Usage examples:

The road climbs a long incline through a forest

verb

To (make someone) feel something or want to do something

Usage examples:

The prime minister is believed to be inclining towards an april election.

noun

The capacity to have an effect on the character, development, or behaviour of someone or something, or the effect itself.

Usage examples:

The influence of television violence

verb

Have an influence on.

Usage examples:

Government regulations can influence behaviour, but often without changing underlying values and mo…

verb

A power to affect persons or events

noun

An innate, typically fixed pattern of behaviour in animals in response to certain stimuli.

Usage examples:

The homing instinct

adjective

Imbued or filled with (a quality, especially a desirable one).

Usage examples:

These canvases are instinct with passion

noun

A natural ability that helps you decide what to do or how to act without thinking

Usage examples:

[ u ] he lacked the instinct for quick action., [ c ] his biggest asset may be his political instin…

adjective

Not even or balanced in shape or arrangement.

Usage examples:

His strong, irregular features

noun

A member of an irregular military force.

Usage examples:

The filipino operational center of gravity was the ability to sustain its force of 100,000 irregula…

adjective

Not regular in shape or form; having parts of different shapes or sizes

Usage examples:

An irregular surface, there are irregular spaces between the words., he showed up at irregular inte…

adjective

Involving or given to unusual sexual behaviour.

Usage examples:

No low-down, filthy, kinky behaviour, or even smutty talk.

adjective

Unusual, strange, and possibly exciting, especially in ways involving unusual sexual acts

Usage examples:

Kinky ideas/behaviour

adjective

Kinky hair forms tight curls (= curving shapes) in a zigzag (= like a z or a row of zs joined together) or s-shaped pattern from the scalp (= the part of the head where the hair grows)

Usage examples:

My hair is naturally kinky., she was one of the first models with short, kinky hair to feature in w…

noun

An acquired or natural skill at doing something.

Usage examples:

He had a knack for communicating

noun

A skill or an ability to do something easily and well

Usage examples:

A knack for remembering faces, she has the knack of making people feel comfortable., there's a knac…

verb

Be in or assume a position in which the body is supported by a knee or the knees, as when praying or showing submission.

Usage examples:

They knelt down and prayed

verb

Rest one's weight on one's knees

verb

To go down into, or stay in, a position where one or both knees are on the ground

Usage examples:

She knelt down to look under the bed for her doll., gibbons kneeled next to the plant and started d…

adjective

Not governed by or obedient to laws; characterized by a lack of civic order.

Usage examples:

A lawless region where peace never really took hold

adjective

Not permitted by law or not obeying the law; illegal

Usage examples:

The territory was once speckled with ranches and lawless towns.

adjective

Not controlled by laws, or illegal

Usage examples:

The film is set in a lawless city some time in the future.

noun

A tendency or partiality of a particular kind.

Usage examples:

He is quite vocal about his political leanings

verb

Be in or move into a sloping position.

Usage examples:

He leaned back in his chair

noun

A particular set of beliefs, opinions, etc. that someone prefers

Usage examples:

I don't know what his political leanings are.

noun

A shape produced by a curve that bends round and crosses itself.

Usage examples:

Make a loop in the twine

verb

Form (something) into a loop or loops; encircle.

Usage examples:

She looped her arms around his neck

noun

A circular shape made by something long and narrow in which the two ends cross each other, leaving an open space within

Usage examples:

A loop of thread from my sweater caught on a nail., the exit ramp makes a loop under the elevated h…

verb

Handle or control (a tool, mechanism, information, etc.) in a skilful manner.

Usage examples:

He manipulated the dials of the set

verb

Influence or control shrewdly or deviously

verb

To influence or control someone to your advantage, often without that person knowing it

Usage examples:

Her success is partly due to her ability to manipulate the media., the wheelchair is designed to be…

adjective

Not having the normal or natural shape or form.

Usage examples:

Misshapen fruit

adjective

Having a shape that is not natural

Usage examples:

His knee is badly misshapen from years of football and seven operations.

noun

A hollow container used to give shape to molten or hot liquid material when it cools and hardens.

Usage examples:

The smith would pour the molten metal into the shaped mould

verb

Form (an object) out of malleable material.

Usage examples:

Mould the figure from white fondant

noun

A furry growth of minute fungi occurring typically in moist warm conditions, especially on food or other organic matter.

Usage examples:

Mould may flourish unhindered

noun

The action of orienting someone or something relative to the points of a compass or other specified positions.

Usage examples:

Studies of locational awareness and orientation in young children

idiom

Not physically healthy enough for difficult exercise because you have not been involved in physical activities

Usage examples:

I'm so out of shape that i get out of breath climbing the stairs.

noun

A strong or habitual liking for something or tendency to do something.

Usage examples:

He has a penchant for adopting stray dogs

noun

A liking for or a habit of doing something, esp. something that other people might not like

Usage examples:

Ives had a penchant for musical experimentation.

verb

Induce (someone) to do something through reasoning or argument.

Usage examples:

It wasn't easy, but i persuaded him to do the right thing

verb

Cause somebody to adopt a certain position or belief

noun

The tapered, sharp end of a tool, weapon, or other object.

Usage examples:

The point of his dagger

verb

A fielding position on the off side near the batsman.

noun

A preference or special liking for something; a bias in favour of something.

Usage examples:

My predilection for asian food

noun

A strong liking or preference

Usage examples:

A predilection for spicy foods

noun

A liability or tendency to suffer from a particular condition, hold a particular attitude, or act in a particular way.

Usage examples:

A child may inherit a predisposition to schizophrenia

noun

The state of being likely to behave in a particular way or to suffer from a particular disease

Usage examples:

She has an annoying predisposition to find fault., there is evidence that a predisposition to(wards…

verb

Move or cause to move into a position of contact with something by exerting continuous physical force.

Usage examples:

He pressed his face to the glass

noun

A device for applying pressure to something in order to flatten or shape it or to extract juice or oil.

Usage examples:

A flower press

noun

A forcible enlistment of men, especially for the navy.

Usage examples:

Any english-speaking, able-bodied, man on leave in a port might find himself swept up in the press.

noun

A tendency to choose or do something regularly; an inclination or predisposition towards a particular thing.

Usage examples:

A proclivity for hard work

noun

The fact that someone likes something or likes to do something, especially something considered morally wrong

Usage examples:

The sexual proclivities of celebrities, his proclivity for shapely blondes

noun

An inclination or natural tendency to behave in a particular way.

Usage examples:

His propensity for violence

adjective

Bent or curved backwards.

Usage examples:

Large recurved tusks

verb

Bend backwards.

Usage examples:

The petals recurve, elevating the flower

verb

Crouch or squat.

Usage examples:

He scooched down and rubbed the dog's head

verb

To move a short distance, especially when you are in a sitting or crouching (= low, with bent knees) position

Usage examples:

Can you scooch over and make room?, she used to scooch up so close to the tv that her parents warne…

verb

Put, lay, or stand (something) in a specified place or position.

Usage examples:

Delaney set the mug of tea down

noun

A group or collection of things that belong together or resemble one another or are usually found together.

Usage examples:

A set of false teeth

verb

Variant spelling of sett.

noun

The external form, contours, or outline of someone or something.

Usage examples:

She liked the shape of his nose

verb

Give a particular shape or form to.

Usage examples:

Most caves are shaped by the flow of water through limestone

abbreviation

Supreme headquarters allied powers europe.

noun

The ability to do something well; expertise.

Usage examples:

Difficult work, taking great skill

verb

Train (a worker) to do a particular task.

Usage examples:

Training firms are already seeing a boost from companies looking to skill employees in cloud techno…

noun

A special ability to do something

Usage examples:

[ c ] schools often do not provide students with marketable skills., [ u ] he lacked skill as a pai…

adjective

Winding in a continuous and gradually widening (or tightening) curve, either round a central point on a flat plane or about an axis so as to form a cone.

Usage examples:

A spiral pattern

noun

A spiral curve, shape, pattern, or object.

Usage examples:

A spiral of smoke

verb

Move in a spiral course.

Usage examples:

A wisp of smoke spiralled up from the trees

verb

Crouch or sit with one's knees bent and one's heels close to or touching one's buttocks or the back of one's thighs.

Usage examples:

I squatted down in front of him

adjective

Short and thickset; disproportionately broad or wide.

Usage examples:

He was muscular and squat

noun

A squatting position.

Usage examples:

She fell back into a squat from the kneeling position he had raised her to.

verb

Guide or control the movement of (a vehicle, vessel, or aircraft), for example by turning a wheel or operating a rudder.

Usage examples:

He steered the boat slowly towards the busy quay

noun

The type of steering of a vehicle.

Usage examples:

Some cars boast four-wheel steer

noun

Another term for bullock.

verb

Bend one's head or body forwards and downwards.

Usage examples:

He stooped down and reached towards the coin

noun

A posture in which the head and shoulders are habitually bent forwards.

Usage examples:

A tall, thin man with a stoop

noun

A porch with steps in front of a house or other building.

Usage examples:

We've been sitting on the front stoop of an unlit house, blinking into the darkness, waiting, or so…

verb

Overcome, quieten, or bring under control (a feeling or person).

Usage examples:

She managed to subdue an instinct to applaud

verb

Put down by force or intimidation

verb

To reduce the force of (someone or something)

Usage examples:

She’d be hard to subdue if she got mad.

verb

Bring under domination or control, especially by conquest.

Usage examples:

The invaders had soon subjugated most of the population

verb

To defeat people or a country and rule them in a way that allows them no freedom

verb

To treat yourself, your wishes, or your beliefs as being less important than other people or their wishes or beliefs

Usage examples:

She subjugated herself to her mother's needs., reporters must subjugate personal political convicti…

verb

Move or cause to move slowly or rhythmically backwards and forwards or from side to side.

Usage examples:

He swayed slightly on his feet

noun

A rhythmical movement from side to side.

Usage examples:

The easy sway of her hips

verb

Move back and forth

verb

Use deception to deprive (someone) of money or possessions.

Usage examples:

A businessman swindled investors out of millions of pounds

noun

A fraudulent scheme or action.

Usage examples:

He is mixed up in a £10 million insurance swindle

verb

Present participle of swindle

Usage examples:

They swindled local businesses out of thousands of dollars., the wealthy banker was ultimately conv…

noun

Natural aptitude or skill.

Usage examples:

He possesses more talent than any other player

noun

A special natural ability to do something well, or people who have this ability

Usage examples:

[ c ] his talents are being wasted in that job., [ u ] the baseball scouts are looking for new tale…

noun

A natural skill or ability

Usage examples:

The successful candidate will have both talent and drive., the company benefited from her expertise…

noun

An inclination towards a particular characteristic or type of behaviour.

Usage examples:

For students, there is a tendency to socialize in the evenings

noun

A likelihood to happen or to have a particular characteristic or effect

Usage examples:

She has a tendency to work late., there’s a growing tendency to try kids as adults.

verb

Teach (a person or animal) a particular skill or type of behaviour through practice and instruction over a period of time.

Usage examples:

The scheme trains people for promotion

noun

A series of connected railway carriages or wagons moved by a locomotive or by integral motors.

Usage examples:

A freight train

verb

Educate for a future role or function

verb

Move in a circular direction wholly or partly round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

The big wheel was turning

noun

An act of moving something in a circular direction round an axis or point.

Usage examples:

A safety lock requiring four turns of the key

verb

Move around an axis or a center

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

noun

An act of twisting something around a stationary point.

Usage examples:

The taps needed a single twist to turn them on

verb

Cause an object to assume a curved or distorted shape

adjective

Forced out of its natural or proper shape; crumpled.

Usage examples:

The crash left a trail of twisted metal across the carriageway

verb

Form into a bent, curling, or distorted shape.

Usage examples:

A strip of metal is twisted to form a hollow tube

adjective

Unusual and strange; perverse

Usage examples:

The letter was clearly written by someone with a twisted mind., he missed the first game of the sea…

adjective

Acting or done in a secret or dishonest way.

Usage examples:

Underhand dealings

adjective

(done) by moving the arm from back to front with the hand below shoulder level and with the inner part of the hand facing forward

Usage examples:

An underhand toss

adjective

Done secretly, and sometimes dishonestly, in order to achieve an advantage

Usage examples:

This is an underhand attempt to resume commercial whaling., insurers have been accused of using und…

adjective

(of a person or their behaviour) not acting in accordance with moral principles.

Usage examples:

An unprincipled womanizer

adjective

Having or showing no moral rules or standards of good behavior

Usage examples:

An unprincipled politician

adjective

Having or showing no moral principles; not honest or fair.

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous landlords might be tempted to harass existing tenants

adjective

Willing to lie or cheat to succeed

Usage examples:

An unscrupulous salesman

adjective

Behaving in a way that is dishonest or unfair in order to get what you want

Usage examples:

Unscrupulous dealers/employers/operators counterfeit documents make it easier for unscrupulous empl…

adjective

Not able to be relied on as honest or truthful.

Usage examples:

Thomas considered her to be devious and untrustworthy

adjective

Showing or motivated by susceptibility to bribery; corrupt.

Usage examples:

Local customs officers are notoriously venal

adjective

A venal person is willing to behave in a way that is not honest or moral in exchange for money

Usage examples:

A venal ruler, a venal regime, they are accused of being involved in venal practices.

adjective

Relating to, constituting, or guilty of wicked or criminal behaviour.

Usage examples:

A villainous plot

adjective

A villainous person or an action is evil

Usage examples:

A villainous dictator

verb

Make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Usage examples:

Moisture had warped the box

noun

A twist or distortion in the shape of something.

Usage examples:

The head of the racket had a curious warp

verb

(of a surface or hard material) to bend or twist so that the surface is no longer flat or straight

Usage examples:

[ t ] water poured in, ruining carpets, warping walls, destroying wiring., the novel is an appraisa…

adjective

Bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Usage examples:

Warped wooden planks

verb

Make or become bent or twisted out of shape, typically as a result of the effects of heat or damp.

Usage examples:

Moisture had warped the box

adjective

Strange and unpleasant

Usage examples:

I shouldn't really laugh about the accident - it's my warped sense of humour!, in their warped mind…