dent
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dent¹
- /dɛnt/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.
noun dents
- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
- A minor effect made upon something. to make a dent
- 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.
- A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
verb dents · denting · dented
- To impact something, producing a dent.
- To develop a dent or dents. Copper is soft and dents easily.
dent²
- /dɛnt/ UK, US
Rhymes with -ɛnt
Where it comes from
From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth.
noun dents
- A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
- A slot or a wire in a reed. Centering for a weaving width of 15 7/15", sley 2 ends per dent in a 15-dent reed, or centering for a width of 15 5/10", sley 3 ends per dent in a 10-dent reed.
Dent³
proper noun Dents
- A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD7086).
- A surname.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: incision, prick, scratch, slit, notch, indent, gouge, nick, molar, dental, tooth, toothache, eye, bruise, dimple, depression
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noun shallow deformation in the surface
| Español | abolladura, bolladura, abollón |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | 凹み hekomi |
| Português | amassado, amolgadela |
| Français | bosse |
| Deutsch | Delle, Vertiefung, Einbuchtung, Beule |
| Italiano | ammaccatura |
| Ελληνικά | κοίλωμα koíloma, βαθούλωμα vathoúloma |
| Română | teșitură |
| Русский | вмя́тина vmjátina |
| Tiếng Việt | vết lõm |
| עברית | מַכָּה |
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