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(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
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biographical name Joseph Malaby 1849-1926 English publisher DENT I. verb Etymology: Middle English, short for in~en to make ~s in, in~ Date: 14th century transitive verb 1. to make a ~ in ~ a car's bumper 2. to have a weakening effect on intransitive verb to form a ~ by sinking inward ; become ~ed II. noun Date: 1565 1. a depression or hollow made by a blow or by pressure 2. an appreciable impression or effect often made against resistance hasn't made a ~ in the problem; specifically a weakening or lessening effect costs that have made a ~ in the budget III. noun Etymology: French, literally, tooth, from Latin ~-, dens Date: 1703 tooth 3a IV. abbreviation ~al; ~ist; ~istry ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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n. & v. --n. 1 a slight mark or hollow in a surface made by, or as if by, a blow with a hammer etc. 2 a noticeable effect (lunch made a dent in our funds). --v.tr. 1 mark with a dent. 2 have (esp. an adverse) effect on (the news dented our hopes). Etymology: ME, prob. f INDENT(1) ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1) выбоина; впадина; вмятина 2) вдавливать, индентировать 3) отпечаток (при испытании на твёрдость) 4) зуб(ец) 5) зарубка; надрез; насечка нарезать; насекать; зазубривать - dent of reed ...Большой Англо-русский Русско-английский политехнический словарь
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1. выбоина, впадина; вогнутое или вдавленное место; вмятина 2. разг. недостача, ущерб; брешь a dent in one's pride —- недостаток самолюбия to make a dent in one's fortune —- промотать значительную часть своего состояния the company made a substantial dent in the wine and the food —- компания как следует потрудилась над выпивкой и закуской 3. вдавливать; вминать; выбивать, оставлять выбоину или вмятину to dent smth. with bullets —- изрешетить что-л. пулями 4. вдавливаться, вминаться 5. тех. зуб, зубец; насечка, зарубка; нарезка 6. зуб скальной вершины (альпинизм) 7. нарезать, насекать; зазубривать 8. вонзаться (во что-л.); зазубриваться ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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I 1. noun выбоина, впадина, вогнутое или вдавленное место; вмятина 2. v. вдавливать, оставлять след, выбоину; вминать (тж. dent up) John dented up the car in the accident. II 1. noun tech. зуб, зубец; насечка, зарубка; нарезка 2. v. нарезать, насекать ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 n 1 a hollow area in the surface of something, usually made by something hitting it + in (There was a dent in the door where he'd kicked it.) 2 a reduction in the amount of something, especially money or supplies (The trip made a big dent in our savings.) ~2 v 1 to make a hollow area in the surface of something, usually by hitting it (I'm afraid I've dented the car.) 2 to damage or harm something (Diesel sales have been badly dented by environmental concerns.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- c.1225, dialectal variant of M.E. dint "a stroke, blow;" sense of "indentation" first recorded 1565, apparently infl. by indent. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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