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5 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: 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. 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 WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: dent n 1: an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it made a dent in my bank account" 2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: {incision}, {scratch}, {notch}, {prick}, {slit}] 3: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: {gouge}, {nick}] v : make a dent into [syn: {indent}] 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)
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