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Definition of Dent

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

Meaning of Dent from wikipedia

- Look up Dent or dent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dent may refer to: Dent (surname) Dent May (active 2007), American musician Dent Mowrey (1888–1960)...
- Susie Dent (born 1964) is an English lexicographer, etymologist, and media personality. She has appeared in "Dictionary Corner" on the Channel 4 game show...
- Grace Dent (born 3 October 1973) is a British columnist, broadcaster and author. She is a restaurant critic for The Guardian and from 2011 to 2017 wrote...
- Julia Boggs Grant (née Dent; January 26, 1826 – December 14, 1902) was the first lady of the United States and wife of President Ulysses S. Grant. As first...
- Look up Dent or dent in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Dent is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Aileen Dent (1890–1978), Australian...
- Russell Earl "Bucky" Dent (né O'Dey; November 25, 1951) is an American former professional baseball player and manager. He pla**** in Major League Baseball...
- Two-Face (Harvey Dent) is a supervillain appearing in comic books published by DC Comics, commonly as an adversary of the superhero Batman. The character...
- John Dent may refer to: A number of early settlers and planters related to Charles County, Maryland: Captain John Dent (c. 1645–1712), English-born American...
- Dents is a British company that crafts luxury leather gloves, handbags, and small leather goods. Dents is known for its hand cutting, sewing, and stitching...
- In coordination chemistry, denticity (from Latin dentis 'tooth') refers to the number of donor groups in a given ligand that bind to the central metal...