Thesaurus: dent

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1. n. A stroke; a blow.
2. n. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation.
3. v. t. To make a dent upon; to indent.
4. n. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
5. n. an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
6. n. a depression scratched or carved into a surface
7. n. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
8. v. make a depression into
9. To make a dent upon; to indent.The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay.
10. v:27/n:73 n. an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening) n. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)