dent : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: dent	by the DICT Development Group
5 results for dent
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
dent n an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account" a depression scratched or carved into a surface Synonym(s): incision, scratch, prick, slit, dent an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) Synonym(s): dent, ding, gouge, nick v make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: indent, dent]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dent \Dent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dented}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Denting}.] To make a dent upon; to indent. The houses dented with bullets. --Macaulay.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dent \Dent\, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See {Tooth}.] (Mach.) A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. --Knight.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Dent \Dent\, n. [A variant of {Dint}.] 1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] [bd]That dent of thunder.[b8] --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.
From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:
Dent, MN (city, FIPS 15724) Location: 46.55212 N, 95.71716 W Population (1990): 177 (79 housing units) Area: 0.9 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water) Zip code(s): 56528 Dent, OH (CDP, FIPS 21742) Location: 39.19375 N, 84.66091 W Population (1990): 6416 (2602 housing units) Area: 15.4 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)