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What (who) is Dent - definition
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Dent (disambiguation)
dent
n.
1) to make a dent in (he made a dent in the door; to make a dent in the backlog of work)
2) to hammer out, remove, straighten out a dent
dent
(dents, denting, dented)
1.
If you dent the surface of something, you make a hollow area in it by hitting or pressing it.
Its brass feet dented the carpet's thick pile.
VERB: V n
• dented
Watch out for bargains, but never buy dented cans.
ADJ
2.
A dent is a hollow in the surface of something which has been caused by hitting or pressing it.
There was a dent in the car which hadn't been there before.
N-COUNT
3.
If something dents your ideas or your pride, it makes you realize that your ideas are wrong, or that you are not as good or successful as you thought.
This has not dented the City's enthusiasm for the company.
VERB: V n
Dent
·noun A stroke; a blow.
II. Dent ·noun A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, ·etc.
IV. Dent ·noun A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a blow or by pressure; an Indentation.
Examples of use of Dent
1. AM –– Harry Dent COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) _ Harry Dent, a former top adviser to President Nixon who helped Nixon win the South, has died.
2. Henry V111‘s wife Catherine Parr is buried there and the church was restored by Emma Dent (family name now Dent–Brocklehurst) in the Victorian era.
3. "It will be a dent in the fender, but not a big enough dent to send them into bankruptcy," he said.
4. "It‘s made a huge dent in production and Taliban profits.
5. That does create a dent in Washington’s imperial hubris.