UNBENT

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does unbent mean? 

• UNBENT (adjective)
  The adjective UNBENT has 2 senses:

1. not bent

2. erect in posture

  Familiarity information: UNBENT used as an adjective is rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNBENT (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Not bent

Context example:

trees with straight unbent trunks make the best lumber

Similar:

straight (having no deviations)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Erect in posture

Synonyms:

straight; unbent; unbowed

Context example:

stood defiantly with unbowed back

Similar:

erect; upright; vertical (upright in position or posture)

 Context examples 

The shaggy eyebrows unbent a little as he rolled the steps toward the shelf where the Johnsonian literature was placed.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)