Dent synonyms
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Part of speech:
A notch, pit, or depression.
Force or effort; power:
A lowering in amount, degree, or position:
The style in which a garment is cut:
The indentation or depression made by the pressure of one object on or into another.
A shallow notch, cut, or indentation on an edge or a surface:
A concave or V-shaped cut or indentation in an edge or across a surface
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(--- Linguistics) A part of a phrase or sentence that is unstressed or less strongly stressed relative to surrounding words, as the words I and to in I have to go.
The definition of a cavity is a hole or hollow place.
Specifically, a small natural depression on the skin, especially on the face near the corners of the mouth.
A deep notch, as in the edge of a leaf
Any of a family (Pectinidae) of bivalves with two deeply grooved, convex shells and an earlike wing on each side of the hinge, that swims by rapidly snapping its shells together to expel water in a jetlike manner
The definition of a pit is a hole in the ground, or the hard stone in a fruit that contains the seed.
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The state of being curved like the inner surface of a sphere.
Any mark, imprint, etc. made by pressure; stamp; impression
To press down; push or pull down; lower
To indent is defined as to start a line of text further in on the page than the other text around or below it.
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To appear to move downward, as the sun or moon in setting.
To obtain or unearth by digging:
press in
To mark by or as by pressing or stamping; impress
To put a mark upon; to make recognizable by a mark.
make concave
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make a dent in
To pass into or through something.
A narrow, elongated zone of relatively high atmospheric pressure associated with an area of peak anticyclonic circulation.
To cause to swerve from a straight line; deflect:
straighten (antonym)
(Intransitive) To become straight.
bulge (antonym)
To bulge is defined as to swell, protrude or stick out more than normal.
make protrude (antonym)
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hole (related)
An excavation or pit
To cause to have a small mark or marks that diminish attractiveness:
(Golf) To make a chip shot
dinge
To flog, as in penance
To furnish (a tool, for example) with teeth.
increase (antonym)
An increasing or becoming increased
denti- (related)
The sound of a bell
The sensation of being pierced or pricked.
A long, straight, narrow cut or opening.
gash (related)
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scuff (related)
crease (related)
Find another word for dent. In this page you can discover 51 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for dent, like: indentation, dint, depression, cut, impression, nick, notch, dip, cavity, hollow and dimple.