1. natural inclinations or talents; tendencies toward particular activities or interests
Usage: plural of bent
2. types of coarse grass that grow in marshy areas
Usage: botanical; plural of bent

Examples

• The students showed different academic bents in math and science.
• Her artistic bents were evident from an early age.
• The career counselor helped identify his natural bents.
• Children often display their bents through play activities.
• The marsh was covered with various bents and rushes.
• Cattle grazed on the coarse bents near the wetland.