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DENT
dent, ding, gouge, nick
(noun) an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
dent
(noun) an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); “it made a dent in my bank account”
incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent
(noun) a depression scratched or carved into a surface
indent, dent
(verb) make a depression into; “The bicycle dented my car”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
dent (plural dents)
A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
(by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
Verb
dent (third-person singular simple present dents, present participle denting, simple past and past participle dented)
(transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
(intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.
Etymology 2
Noun
dent (plural dents)
(engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
(weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed
Anagrams
• 'tend, tend
Proper noun
Dent (countable and uncountable, plural Dents)
A village in Cumbria, England.
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Dent is the 2436th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 14873 individuals. Dent is most common among White (57.45%) and Black/African American (37.41%) individuals.
Anagrams
• 'tend, tend
Source: Wiktionary
Dent, n. Etym: [A variant of Dint.]
1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder." Chaucer.
2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter. De Quincey.
Dent, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dented; p. pr. & vb. n. Denting.]
Definition: To make a dent upon; to indent. The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay.
Dent, n. Etym: [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth.] (Mach.)
Definition: A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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