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noun
1.
a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
2.
a noticeable effect, especially of reduction: to leave a dent in one's savings; a dent in one's pride.
verb (used with object)
3.
to make a dent in or on; indent: The impact dented the car's fender.
4.
to have the effect of reducing or slightly injuring: The caustic remark dented his ego.
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Dents
is always a great word to know.
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| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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verb (used without object)
Idioms5.
to show dents; become indented: Tin dents more easily than steel.
6.
to sink in, making a dent: Nails dent into metal.
7.
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.
8.
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.
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dent
early 14c., "a strike or blow," dialectal variant of M.E. dint (q.v.); sense of "indentation" first recorded 1560s, apparently influenced by indent.
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