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1. Make a depression into
   "The bicycle dented my car";
   - indent

1. An appreciable consequence (especially a lessening)
   "it made a dent in my bank account"
    
2. A depression scratched or carved into a surface
   - incision, scratch, prick, slit
    
3. An impression in a surface (as made by a blow)
   - ding, gouge, nick

Derived forms: dented, denting, dents

Type of: bend, blemish, consequence, defect, deform, depression, effect, event, flex, impression, imprint, issue, mar, outcome, result, turn, twist, upshot

Encyclopedia: Dent, Ohio