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Definitions for Dent

[1] a hollow or depression in a surface, as from a blow.
[2] a noticeable effect, especially of reduction: to leave a dent in one's savings; a dent in one's pride.
[3] to make a dent in or on; indent: The impact dented the car's fender.
[4] to have the effect of reducing or slightly injuring: The caustic remark dented his ego.
[5] to show dents; become indented: Tin dents more easily than steel.
[6] to sink in, making a dent: Nails dent into metal.
[7] make a dent , Informal . to cause a person to take heed; make an impression: The doctor told him to stop smoking, but it didn't make a dent.
[8] make a dent in , to show initial progress; pass an initial stage of (work, thought, solving a problem, etc.): I haven't even made a dent in this pile of work.
[9] a toothlike projection, as a tooth of a gearwheel.
[10] Textiles . the space between two wires through which the warp ends are drawn in the reed of a loom.
[11] dental.
[12] dentist.
[13] dentistry.
[14] variant of denti- before a vowel: dentin.
[15] a hollow or dip in a surface, as one made by pressure or a blow
[16] an appreciable effect, esp of lessening a dent in our resources
[17] to impress or be impressed with a dent or dents
[18] a toothlike protuberance, esp the tooth of a sprocket or gearwheel
[19] textiles the space between two wires in a loom through which a warp thread is drawn
[20] dental
[21] dentistry

Words related to Dent

incision, indentation, nick, impression, sink, cut, cavity, scratch, pit, hollow, crater, score, trough, dimple, dint, notch, dip, furrow, scallop, crenel

Words nearby Dent

densimeter, densitometer, density, density current, density function, dent, dent corn, dent-, dent., dental, dental abscess

Origin of Dent

21545–55; < Middle French < Latin dent- (stem of dēns ) tooth

Other words from Dent

un·dent·ed , adjective

Word origin for Dent

C16: from French: tooth

Synonyms for Dent

incision, indentation, cavity, crater, crenel, cut, dimple, dint, dip, embrasure, furrow, hollow, impression, nick, notch, pit, scallop, score, scratch, sink, trough, con-cavity