Definify.com

Webster 1913 Edition

Dent

Dent

(dĕnt)
,
Noun.
[A variant of
Dint
.]
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.

Dent

,
Verb.
T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Dented
;
p. pr. & vb. n.
Denting
.]
To make a dent upon; to indent.
The houses
dented
with bullets.
Macaulay.

Dent

,
Noun.
[F., fr. L.
dens
,
dentis
, tooth. See
Tooth
.]
(Mach.)
A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
Knight.

Webster 1828 Edition

Dent

DENT

, n.
1.
Literally, a tooth or projecting point. But it is used to express a gap or notch, or rather a depression or small hollow in a solid body; a hollow made by the pressure of a harder body on a softer; indentation. In this sense, it is in customary use in the United States.
2.
A stroke.

DENT

,
Verb.
T.
To make a dent or small hollow.

Similar Results