dent
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- Royaume-Uni//dɛnt//
A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
nom
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A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car.
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figuréA minor effect made upon something.
to make a dent
"Case Of You" (#67, 1980), a single on the Scotti Brothers label, was Frank's first chart dent.
The transitoriness perhaps makes viral content the most representative form of culture in the twenty-first century: an era of vast quantities, deep specificity, and breakneck speed, where few individual artifacts, artworks, or conventions leave a dent in society or bend the curve of history.
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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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familierA sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet.
Andy Carroll's first goals since his £35m move to Liverpool put a dent in Manchester City's Champions League hopes as they were emphatically swept aside at Anfield.
Étymologie
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.
verbe
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To impact something, producing a dent.
- 2
To develop a dent or dents.
Copper is soft and dents easily.
nom
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A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.
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A slot or a wire in a reed.
Centering for a weaving width of 15 7/15", sley 2 ends per dent in a 15-dent reed, or centering for a width of 15 5/10", sley 3 ends per dent in a 10-dent reed.
Étymologie
From French dent, from Latin dēns, dentis (“tooth”). Doublet of dens and tooth.
Formes
- pluriel
- dents
- passé
- dented
- participe passé
- dented
- participe présent
- denting
- 3ᵉ personne du singulier
- dents
dent · A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
Dent · A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness,…dental · Of or concerning the teeth.dentist · A medical doctor who specializes in teeth.