dent
Betekenis (English)
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- A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
- A minor effect made upon something.
- 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.
- (informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
Synonyms
press down
angle of dip
be dented
press in
scoop channel
Frekwensie
Uitgespreek as (IPA)
/dɛnt/
Etimologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). Doublet of dint.
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