Not straight

adjective

1. Changed by bending out of an originally straight or even condition

   "bent twigs"

2. Strongly inclined determined
3. Different from the normal or usual

   "… she was so bent that she's probably a woman who ought to be locked up somewhere …"

4. Dishonest, corrupt

   "a bent cop"

5. Intoxicated, drunk

   "Like to get bent? This hangover beater will help you get back on track."

noun

1. A strong inclination or interest bias

   "the organization's religious bent"

2. A special inclination or capacity talent

   "students with a scientific bent"

3. Capacity of endurance

   "They fool me to the top of my bent."

4. A transverse framework (as in a bridge) to carry lateral as well as vertical loads

noun

1. Unenclosed grassland
2. Bent grass

verb

1. To constrain or strain to tension by curving

   "bend a bow"

2. To turn or force from straight or even to curved or angular

   "bend a pipe"

3. To force from a proper shape

   "Her bicycle's back wheel got bent in the crash."

4. To force back to an original straight or even condition

   "bend the wire flat"

5. Fasten

   "bend a sail to its yard"

6. To cause to turn from a straight course deflect

   "bend a ray of light with a mirror"

7. To guide or turn toward direct

   "… bends his rapid steps in the direction of the headquarters …"

8. Incline, dispose

   "bending their minds to the Buddhist concept of eternity"

9. To adapt to one's purpose distort

   "bend the rules"

10. To direct strenuously or with interest apply

    "bent himself to the task"

11. To make submissive subdue

    "refusing to be bent"

12. To curve out of a straight line or position

    "The road bends to the left."

13. To apply oneself vigorously

    "bending to their work"

14. Incline, tend

    "She bends to the Left politically."

15. Compromise

    "refusing to bend under pressure to change"

noun

1. Any of a genus (Agrostis) of grasses including important chiefly perennial and rhizomatous pasture and lawn grasses with fine velvety or wiry herbage

adjective

1. Stubbornly and often recklessly determined or intent

   "hell-bent on winning"

adverb

1. Toward the back or rear

   "She glanced backward over her shoulder."

2. With the back foremost

   "Take three steps backward."

3. In a reverse or contrary direction or way

   "Count backward from 10."

4. Toward the past

   "a journey backward in time"

5. Toward a worse state

   "His new job felt like a step backward."