Thesaurus: dimple
A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.
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- n. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin.
- n. A slight indentation on any surface.
- v. i. To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities.
- v. t. To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions.
- n. a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
- n. any slight depression in a surface
- n. a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin
- v. mark with, or as if with, dimples
- v. produce dimples while smiling
- 1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin. Milton. The dimple of her chin. Prior. 2. A slight indentation on any surface. The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright. Wordsworth. To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden. To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. Shak.
- To form dimples; to sink into depressions or littleinequalities.And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. Dryden.
- v:26/n:74 n. any slight depression in a surface n. a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin v. mark with, or as if with, dimples