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  1. 1. n. A stroke; a blow. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. t. To make a dent upon; to indent. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Source: opted
  5. 5. n. an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening) Source: wordnet
  6. 6. n. a depression scratched or carved into a surface Source: wordnet
  7. 7. n. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) Source: wordnet
  8. 8. v. make a depression into Source: wordnet
  9. 9. 1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] "That dent of thunder." Chaucer. 2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation. A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of butter. De Quincey. To make a dent upon; to indent. The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Knight. Source: webster
  10. 10. To make a dent upon; to indent.The houses dented with bullets. Macaulay. Source: adambom
  11. 11. v:27/n:73 n. an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening) n. an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) Source: ecdict

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