"dent" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɛnt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dents [plural]
enPR: dĕnt Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dent}} Middle English dent, {{m|enm|dente}} dente, {{m|enm|dint||a blow; strike; dent}} dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), {{inh|en|ang|dynt||blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow}} Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*duntiz||a blow}} Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”), {{cog|non|dyntr||dint}} Old Norse dyntr (“dint”), {{doublet|en|dint}} Doublet of dint Head templates: {{en-noun}} dent (plural dents)
  1. A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact. Translations (shallow deformation in the surface): вдлъбнатина (vdlǎbnatina) [feminine] (Bulgarian), щърбел (štǎrbel) (Bulgarian), bony [masculine] (Catalan), důlek [masculine] (Czech), promáčklina [feminine] (Czech), prohlubenina [feminine] (Czech), ގޮނބި (goᵐbi) (Dhivehi), deuk [masculine] (Dutch), bluts [Belgium, masculine] (Dutch), buts [Netherlands, common-gender] (Dutch), lommo (Finnish), kolhu (Finnish), bosse [feminine] (French), crocada [feminine] (Galician), croca [feminine] (Galician), citra [feminine] (Galician), amolegadura [feminine] (Galician), ფოსო (poso) (Georgian), Beule [feminine] (German), Delle [feminine] (German), κοίλωμα (koíloma) [neuter] (Greek), βαθούλωμα (vathoúloma) [neuter] (Greek), מַכָּה (Hebrew), horpadás (Hungarian), ammaccatura [feminine] (Italian), 凹み (hekomi) (Japanese), jĭt (Jarai), bulk [masculine] (Norwegian), bungel [masculine] (Norwegian), wgniecenie [neuter] (Polish), amassado (Portuguese), amolgadela (Portuguese), teșitură [feminine] (Romanian), вмя́тина (vmjátina) [feminine] (Russian), uleknuće (Serbo-Croatian), udubina (Serbo-Croatian), udubljenje (Serbo-Croatian), vdrtina [feminine] (Slovene), abolladura [feminine] (Spanish), buckla [common-gender] (Swedish), piing (Tagalog), çökme (Turkish), göçük (Turkish), oyuk (Turkish), я́мка (jámka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), tolc [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dent-en-noun-NJ-~FJXy Disambiguation of 'shallow deformation in the surface': 74 6 16 4
  2. (figurative) A minor effect made upon something. Tags: figuratively
    Sense id: en-dent-en-noun-kAvjax2G Categories (other): English terms with collocations
  3. 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. Categories (lifeform): Maize (plant)
    Sense id: en-dent-en-noun-B7fc9D0l Disambiguation of Maize (plant): 8 5 17 14 24 19 8 4
  4. (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action Tags: broadly, informal Categories (lifeform): Maize (plant)
    Sense id: en-dent-en-noun-FMBXGnEB Disambiguation of Maize (plant): 8 5 17 14 24 19 8 4
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: dent corn, put a dent in the universe, scratch-and-dent
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /dɛnt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dents [plural]
enPR: dĕnt Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|fr|dent}} French dent, {{der|en|la|dēns}} Latin dēns, {{m|la|dentis|t=tooth}} dentis (“tooth”), {{doublet|en|dens|tooth}} Doublet of dens and tooth Head templates: {{en-noun}} dent (plural dents)
  1. (engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. Categories (topical): Engineering Categories (lifeform): Maize (plant)
    Sense id: en-dent-en-noun--8IPKt1u Disambiguation of Maize (plant): 8 5 17 14 24 19 8 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 5 9 32 27 9 3 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 9 10 7 10 30 23 8 2 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 9 13 7 10 29 21 8 3 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed Categories (topical): Weaving Categories (lifeform): Maize (plant)
    Sense id: en-dent-en-noun-2nx7qzr8 Disambiguation of Maize (plant): 8 5 17 14 24 19 8 4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 9 6 5 9 32 27 9 3 Topics: business, manufacturing, textiles, weaving
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /dɛnt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dent.wav [Southern-England] Forms: dents [present, singular, third-person], denting [participle, present], dented [participle, past], dented [past]
enPR: dĕnt Rhymes: -ɛnt Etymology: From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|dent}} Middle English dent, {{m|enm|dente}} dente, {{m|enm|dint||a blow; strike; dent}} dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), {{inh|en|ang|dynt||blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow}} Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), {{inh|en|gem-pro|*duntiz||a blow}} Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”), {{cog|non|dyntr||dint}} Old Norse dyntr (“dint”), {{doublet|en|dint}} Doublet of dint Head templates: {{en-verb}} dent (third-person singular simple present dents, present participle denting, simple past and past participle dented)
  1. (transitive) To impact something, producing a dent. Tags: transitive Translations (produce a dent): əzmək (Azerbaijani), нащърбвам (naštǎrbvam) (Bulgarian), abonyegar (Catalan), promáčknout (Czech), deuken (Dutch), indeuken (Dutch), blutsen [Belgium] (Dutch), lommouttaa (Finnish), kolhia (Finnish), cabosser (French), amolegar (Galician), estrochar (Galician), crocar (Galician), esmurrullar (Galician), mamicar (Galician), abolar (Galician), einbeulen (German), eindellen (German), βαθουλώνω (vathoulóno) (Greek), horpaszt (Hungarian), ammaccare (Italian), 凹ませる (hekomaseru) (Japanese), ചളുക്കുക (caḷukkuka) (Malayalam), bulke (Norwegian), amassar (Portuguese), abollar (Spanish), hacer mella (Spanish), tolcio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dent-en-verb-zHUT6bjj Disambiguation of 'produce a dent': 60 40
  2. (intransitive) To develop a dent or dents. Tags: intransitive Translations (develop a dent): promáčknout se (Czech), deuken krijgen (Dutch), lommoontua (Finnish), crocar (Galician), abolar (Galician), horpad (Hungarian), 凹む (hekomu) (Japanese), ചളുങ്ങുക (caḷuṅṅuka) (Malayalam), få en bulk (Norwegian), abollar [pronominal] (Spanish), tolcio (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-dent-en-verb-4953K6xq Disambiguation of 'develop a dent': 15 85
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "poso",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "ფოსო"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "Beule"
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          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "מַכָּה"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "horpadás"
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "ammaccatura"
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hekomi",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "凹み"
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          "code": "jra",
          "lang": "Jarai",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "jĭt"
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bulk"
        },
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          "code": "no",
          "lang": "Norwegian",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
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          "word": "bungel"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
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          "word": "wgniecenie"
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "amassado"
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        {
          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "amolgadela"
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "teșitură"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "vmjátina",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "вмя́тина"
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "uleknuće"
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          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "udubina"
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          "code": "sh",
          "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "udubljenje"
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "vdrtina"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "abolladura"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "buckla"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "tl",
          "lang": "Tagalog",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "piing"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "çökme"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "göçük"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "word": "oyuk"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "jámka",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "я́мка"
        },
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          "_dis1": "74 6 16 4",
          "code": "cy",
          "lang": "Welsh",
          "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "tolc"
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          "ref": "1990, Wayne Jancik, The Billboard Book of One-Hit Wonders, page 392",
          "text": "\"Case Of You\" (#67, 1980), a single on the Scotti Brothers label, was Frank's first chart dent.",
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          "ref": "2022, W. David Marx, chapter 10, in Status and Culture, Viking",
          "text": "The transitoriness perhaps makes viral content the most representative form of culture in the twenty-first century: an era of vast quantities, deep specificity, and breakneck speed, where few individual artifacts, artworks, or conventions leave a dent in society or bend the curve of history.",
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        "feminine"
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      "roman": "goᵐbi",
      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
      "word": "ގޮނބި"
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      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
      "word": "lommo"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
      "word": "kolhu"
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      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "bosse"
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      "lang": "Galician",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "crocada"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "citra"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "amolegadura"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "poso",
      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
      "word": "ფოსო"
    },
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      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "Beule"
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      "word": "מַכָּה"
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      "word": "ammaccatura"
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      "word": "凹み"
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      "word": "bulk"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "teșitură"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "вмя́тина"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
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      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
      "word": "uleknuće"
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sh",
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      "code": "sl",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "vdrtina"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "word": "buckla"
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      "word": "piing"
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      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
      "word": "çökme"
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      "code": "tr",
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      "word": "göçük"
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      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
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      "word": "я́мка"
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      "code": "cy",
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      "sense": "shallow deformation in the surface",
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      "word": "tolc"
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      "lang": "Galician",
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      "word": "abolar"
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      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "produce a dent",
      "word": "ammaccare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hekomaseru",
      "sense": "produce a dent",
      "word": "凹ませる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "caḷukkuka",
      "sense": "produce a dent",
      "word": "ചളുക്കുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "produce a dent",
      "word": "bulke"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "produce a dent",
      "word": "amassar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "produce a dent",
      "word": "abollar"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "produce a dent",
      "word": "hacer mella"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "produce a dent",
      "word": "tolcio"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "word": "promáčknout se"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "word": "deuken krijgen"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "word": "lommoontua"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "word": "crocar"
    },
    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "word": "abolar"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "word": "horpad"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hekomu",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "word": "凹む"
    },
    {
      "code": "ml",
      "lang": "Malayalam",
      "roman": "caḷuṅṅuka",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "word": "ചളുങ്ങുക"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "word": "få en bulk"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "abollar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "develop a dent",
      "word": "tolcio"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dent"
}

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