Antonyms for dent


Grammar : Noun, verb
Spell : dent
Phonetic Transcription : dɛnt


Definition of dent

Origin :
  • early 14c., "a strike or blow," dialectal variant of Middle English dint (q.v.); sense of "indentation" first recorded 1560s, apparently influenced by indent.
  • noun depression, scrape, chip
  • verb chip, scrape, depress
Example sentences :
  • "Well, I'll see you again when necessary," the stranger called to Mr. Dent.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • Frank wondered at his uncle's caution, for Mr. Dent was not usually nervous.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • Mr. Dent had received a visitor, and Frank determined to find out who it was.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • But when they spoke of Frank's uncle, Mr. Dent, it must be they meant our Frank.
  • Extract from : « Frank Roscoe's Secret » by Allen Chapman
  • George glanced at the dent in the side panel of the station wagon.
  • Extract from : « The Hohokam Dig » by Theodore Pratt
  • The Dent du Midi is more impressive from the hotel, don't you think?
  • Extract from : « The Market-Place » by Harold Frederic
  • But a dent in lead will stay there; it has little elasticity of form.
  • Extract from : « Common Science » by Carleton W. Washburne
  • Ten seconds more, and you'd have been obliterated, Dent, just as your plane was.
  • Extract from : « Astounding Stories of Super-Science, May, 1930 » by Various
  • Tonight, as he came home, Lancaster decided to make a dent in the latter.
  • Extract from : « Security » by Poul William Anderson
  • I rode down to Dent; we rode down to the place and did—what there was to be done.
  • Extract from : « The Spinner's Book of Fiction » by Various

Synonyms for dent

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