bent vs bended
Definitions
noun
- a special way of doing something
- an area of grassland unbounded by fences or hedges
- grass for pastures and lawns especially bowling and putting greens
- a relatively permanent inclination to react in a particular way
adjective
- fixed in your purpose
- of metal e.g.
- used of the back and knees; stooped
Examples
If this approach has a drawback, it is that the zealous pursuit of the founding principle—disinterring the buried life, stamped under the sod by conniving male partners—sometimes obscures the fact that not a great deal gets added to the wider cultural landscape it is bent on illuminating.
Traditional methods for liquid or semiliquid fecal incontinence management, such as the use of absorbent briefs/pads, skin cleansers, and moisturizers, are only moderately successful in alleviating the consequences of fecal incontinence.
The scorched surface should be covered with this liniment and then with a layer of borated gauze or absorbent cotton, to protect from the air.
Definitions
adjective
- used of the back and knees; stooped
Examples
They sat in a circle, their sketch books on their laps or bended knees, though none of them seemed to be paying attention to their work.
The TV network begged her on bended knee to return to the program.
Then the Greeks they groaned and quivered, And they knelt, and moaned, and shivered, As the plunging waters met them, And splashed and overset them; And they call in their emergence Upon countless saints and virgins; And their marrowbones are bended, And they think the world is ended.
