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dent
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What does dent mean?
noun
- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- (figuratively) A minor effect made upon something.
- 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.
More meanings (7)
noun
- (informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
- A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
- A slot or a wire in a reed.
verb
- To impact something, producing a dent.
- To develop a dent or dents.
proper noun
- A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD7086).
- A surname.
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“I think I had better just look in upon her before any of the ladies go,” said Colonel Dent.
You might easily dent it with your thumb; it is of a hue between yellow and ash colour.
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Fullerton, who, when he won all his honours, was the property of Colonel North, was bred by Mr. James Dent in Northumberland.
Mr. Dent, who then acted as consul, not only obtained this permission, but accommodated Mr. Wales with a convenient place in his garden, to set up his instruments.
A part of the wall was shattered, as if by gunpowder, and the fragments had been blown off with force sufficient to dent the wall on the opposite side of the room.