dent.
A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
Meaning & usage
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.
Where this word 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.
To impact something, producing a dent.
To develop a dent or dents.
Copper is soft and dents easily.
Where this word 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.
A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
A slot or a wire in a reed.
Where this word comes from
From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth.
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