English Dictionary: dimple | by the DICT Development Group |
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]: | |
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. t. To mark with dimples or dimplelike depressions. --Shak. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dimple \Dim"ple\, n. [Prob. a nasalized dim. of dip. See {Dip}, and cf. {Dimble}.] 1. A slight natural depression or indentation on the surface of some part of the body, esp. on the cheek or chin. --Milton. The dimple of her chin. --Prior. 2. A slight indentation on any surface. The garden pool's dark surface . . . Breaks into dimples small and bright. --Wordsworth. | |
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
Dimple \Dim"ple\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Dimpled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Dimpling}.] To form dimples; to sink into depressions or little inequalities. And smiling eddies dimpled on the main. --Dryden. |