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Dent

Dent Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Dent? [n] an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [n] an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account" [n] a depression scratched or carved into a surface [v] make a dent into Synonyms \| Synonyms for Dent: gouge \| incision \| indent \| nick \| prick \| scratch \| slit Related Terms \| Find terms related to Dent: alveolation \| alveolus \| baby tooth \| bicuspid \| boss \| bucktooth \| bump \| canine \| colophon \| concavity \| convexity \| crown \| cuspid \| cutter \| dactylogram \| dactylograph \| deciduous tooth \| denticle \| denticulation \| dentil \| dentition \| depress \| dimple \| dint \| dogtooth \| embossment \| engrave \| excrescence \| eyetooth \| fang \| fingerprint \| footmark \| footprint \| footstep \| fore tooth \| fossil footprint \| furrow \| gagtooth \| gang tooth \| gold tooth \| gouge \| grinder \| honeycomb \| ichnite \| ichnolite \| impress \| impression \| imprint \| incisor \| indent \| indentation \| indention \| indenture \| lump \| milk tooth \| molar \| notch \| pad \| paw print \| pawmark \| peg \| permanent tooth \| pimple \| pit \| pivot tooth \| pock \| pockmark \| premolar \| press in \| print \| pug \| pugmark \| punch \| punch in \| recess \| scrivello \| seal \| set back \| set in \| sigil \| signet \| snag \| snaggletooth \| stamp \| step \| stud \| sunken part \| tamp \| thumbmark \| thumbprint \| tooth \| tush \| tusk \| vestige \| wisdom tooth See Also \| bend \| blemish \| consequence \| defect \| deform \| depression \| effect \| event \| hit \| impression \| imprint \| issue \| outcome \| result \| score \| scotch \| turn \| twist \| upshot Dent In Webster's Dictionary \Dent\, n. [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}.] To make a dent upon; to indent. The houses dented with bullets. --Macaulay. \Dent\, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See {Tooth}.] (Mach.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. --Knight.

Dent Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Dent?

[n] an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
[n] an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account"
[n] a depression scratched or carved into a surface
[v] make a dent into

Dent In Webster's Dictionary

\Dent\, n. [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}.]
To make a dent upon; to indent.

      The houses dented with bullets.          --Macaulay.


\Dent\, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See {Tooth}.]
(Mach.)
A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. --Knight.

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