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dent
1[ dent ]
noun
- a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
- a noticeable effect, especially of reduction:
to leave a dent in one's savings;
a dent in one's pride.
verb (used with object)
- to make a dent in or on; indent:
The impact dented the car's fender.
- to have the effect of reducing or slightly injuring:
The caustic remark dented his ego.
verb (used without object)
- to show dents; become indented:
Tin dents more easily than steel.
- to sink in, making a dent:
Nails dent into metal.
dent
2[ dent ]
noun
- a toothlike projection, as a tooth of a gearwheel.
- Textiles. the space between two wires through which the warp ends are drawn in the reed of a loom.
dent-
3- variant of denti- before a vowel:
dentin.
dent.
4abbreviation for
- dental.
- dentist.
- dentistry.
dent.
1abbreviation for
- dental
- dentistry
dent
2/ ɛԳ /
noun
- a hollow or dip in a surface, as one made by pressure or a blow
- an appreciable effect, esp of lessening
a dent in our resources
verb
- to impress or be impressed with a dent or dents
dent
3/ ɛԳ /
noun
- a toothlike protuberance, esp the tooth of a sprocket or gearwheel
- textiles the space between two wires in a loom through which a warp thread is drawn
Other Word Forms
- ܲ·ԳĻ adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of dent1
Origin of dent2
Idioms and Phrases
- make a dent in, to show initial progress; pass an initial stage of (work, thought, solving a problem, etc.):
I haven't even made a dent in this pile of work.
- make a dent, Informal. to cause a person to take heed; make an impression:
The doctor told him to stop smoking, but it didn't make a dent.
More idioms and phrases containing dent
see make a dent in .Example Sentences
I try to feel as inspired by the dent in my medium-sized Rimowa and the small tear that has opened in the mesh.
Ryan Johnson, interim chief executive of the Los Angeles County Affordable Housing Solutions Agency, is tasked with spending those dollars to finally make a dent in the region’s unrelenting homelessness crisis.
But violent social conflicts early on his presidency quickly dented his popularity.
They already risk a dent to their sales from tariffs, threatening jobs and investment plans.
The real question for the chancellor has been the extent to which that has carried through to the end of the forecast period, and so permanently dented the economy and tax revenues.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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