Dentname

• 1

  A village and civil parish in Westmorland and Furness, Cumbria, England, previously in South Lakeland district (OS grid ref SD7086).

• 2

  A surname.

dentnoun詞源 1/dɛnt/

• 1

  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.
• 2

  A 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.
• 3

  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.

• 4

  informalA 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.

dentverb詞源 1/dɛnt/

• 1

  To impact something, producing a dent.

• 2

  To develop a dent or dents.

  • Copper is soft and dents easily.

dentnoun詞源 2/dɛnt/

• 1

  engineeringnatural-sciencesphysical-sciencesA tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc.

• 2

  businessmanufacturingtextilesA 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.