bend

Something once straight but then changed in the form of an angle is said to be bent. The word “bend” is often used as a verb:

simple	past	past participle
bend	bent	bent

She’s bending her arms and legs.
Her arms and legs are bent. (“Bent” is the adjective form of the word “bend.”)
Can you bend at your waist and touch your toes?
If your finger bends back too far it might break.
I bent a couple of nails as I was nailing them into a piece of wood.

The nail in the middle is bent.

When the adjective “bent” is used, it usually means that something is disfigured or broken:

crowbar

The ends of a crowbar are bent.
The bumper on Sheila’s car looks like it’s a little bent.
Ted needs new glasses because the frame for the pair of glasses he has now is bent.

A popular expression in the United States is “bent out of shape.” It means that a person is upset or mad about something:

Why is she so bent out of shape?
Don’t get all bent out of shape.
Ahmed got bent out of shape when someone broke the driver’s side mirror on his car.

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