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

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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 2436^th 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

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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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