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dent

/ˈdɛnt/

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noun

plural dents

[count] :an area on a surface that is lower than the rest of the surface especially because of being hit or pushed in

The accident left/made a small dent in the car's fender.

a few small dents in the wall

make/put a dent

In figurative use, to make a dent (in something) or to put a dent in something is to decrease something slightly or to make it somewhat weaker.

We tried our best to fix the problem, but nothing we did seems to have made a dent. [=nothing we did has had any effect]

It's going to take more than a new law to make a dent in the city's drug crime. [=a new law is not enough to decrease the city's drug crime]

The $10,000 payment hardly makes a dent in the amount the company owes.

a vacation that won't put too big a dent in your wallet [=a vacation that will not cost a lot of money]

verb

dents; dented; denting

to make a dent in (something) [+ obj]

I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail.

He dented his (car's) fender in the accident.

Many of the cans were badly dented. [no obj]

Some types of metal dent more easily than others.

[+ obj] :to decrease (something) :to make (something) weaker

The team's confidence has been dented by a recent series of losses.

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