"dent" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɛnt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dent.wav Forms: dents [plural]
enPR: dĕnt [UK, US] 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, {{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), bolladura [feminine] (Spanish), abollón [masculine] (Spanish), buckla [common-gender] (Swedish), piing (Tagalog), çökme (Turkish), göçük (Turkish), oyuk (Turkish), я́мка (jámka) [feminine] (Ukrainian), vết lõm (Vietnamese), tolc [masculine] (Welsh)
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  2. (figurative) A minor effect made upon something. Tags: figuratively
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  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.
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  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
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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 Forms: dents [plural]
enPR: dĕnt [UK, US] 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, {{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
    Sense id: en-dent-en-noun--8IPKt1u Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  2. (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed Categories (topical): Weaving Categories (lifeform): Maize (plant)
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Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /dɛnt/ [UK, US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-dent.wav Forms: dents [present, singular, third-person], denting [participle, present], dented [participle, past], dented [past]
enPR: dĕnt [UK, US] 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, {{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)
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  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)
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Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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      "expansion": "Latin dēns",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "dens",
        "3": "tooth"
      },
      "expansion": "Doublet of dens and tooth",
      "name": "doublet"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "dents",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "dent (plural dents)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Engineering"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "engineering",
          "engineering#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "tooth",
          "tooth#English"
        ],
        [
          "card",
          "card#English"
        ],
        [
          "gear wheel",
          "gear wheel#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(engineering) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "engineering",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Weaving"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A slot or a wire in a reed"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "weaving",
          "weaving#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "slot",
          "slot#English"
        ],
        [
          "wire",
          "wire#English"
        ],
        [
          "reed",
          "reed#English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "business",
        "manufacturing",
        "textiles",
        "weaving"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "enpr": "dĕnt",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/dɛnt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK",
        "US"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnt"
    }
  ],
  "word": "dent"
}

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