What does dent mean?

Definitions for dent
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Princeton's WordNet

  1. dentnoun

    an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)

    "it made a dent in my bank account"

  2. incision, scratch, prick, slit, dentnoun

    a depression scratched or carved into a surface

  3. dent, ding, gouge, nickverb

    an impression in a surface (as made by a blow)

  4. indent, dentverb

    make a depression into

    "The bicycle dented my car"

ChatGPT

  1. dent

    A dent is a small hollow or indentation in a hard, flat surface caused by damage. It generally appears as a result of impact or collision. It can occur in various materials such as metal, wood, or plastic.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Dentnoun

    a stroke; a blow

  2. Dentnoun

    a slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an indentation

  3. Dentverb

    to make a dent upon; to indent

  4. Dentnoun

    a tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc

  5. Etymology: [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See Tooth.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Dent

    dent, n. a small hollow made by the pressure or blow of a harder body on a softer.—v.t. to make a mark by means of a blow.—p.adj. Dent′ed, marked with dents: indented. [A variant of dint.]

  2. Dent

    dent, n. a notch.—v.t. to notch. [Confused with the preceding, but from Fr. dent, tooth—L. dens, dentis.]

Editors Contribution

  1. dent

    Dent is to become weaken.

    Dent is a state of decreased or diminished a pain encounter from the accident.


    Submitted by pinkss5 on September 16, 2015  

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Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. DENT

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Dent is ranked #2436 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Dent surname appeared 14,873 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 5 would have the surname Dent.

    57.4% or 8,545 total occurrences were White.
    37.4% or 5,564 total occurrences were Black.
    2.1% or 318 total occurrences were of two or more races.
    2% or 297 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    0.5% or 77 total occurrences were Asian.
    0.4% or 71 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of dent in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of dent in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of dent in a Sentence

  1. Van Tol:

    The hill is very steep, i don't think we've even begun to put a dent in that program.

  2. Marc Baum:

    Over 7,000 people a day are contracting HIV … mostly in sub-Saharan Africa, if we can make a dent in that with our technology, it would make an enormous impact.

  3. Albert Rizzo:

    It is a cancer that deserves awareness because we need to advocate for more research money to help find early tumors and treatments that are more effective and allow long-term survival for individuals, we can put a dent in the number of people who die.

  4. Terry Kerby:

    We guessed right, and the very first thing that came out of the dark was that giant hangar door. And then the conning tower was totally intact, laying on its side with three periscopes sticking out without a dent in them.

  5. Mario Tama/Getty Images Hatchett:

    That’s good news for a very strained and stressed system, but Images Senators probably need five, six or maybe 10 more years of this to really make a big dent in the situation there, but this is much more encouraging to see.

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