Dents

Word DENTS
Character 5
Hyphenation N/A
Pronunciations /dɛnts/

Definitions and meanings of "Dents"

What do we mean by dents?

A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

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.

(by extension) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action

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The word "dents" in example sentences

T h e verbal left h e m i s p h e r e those symbol-systems and implicit never seems to recover fully, and the effects m a y h a n d i c a p stu - philosophies which we call dents for life. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A car with unique dents is arguably a new "species" of car, but the process of throwing rocks does not create new, innovative discrete architectures (like the change from carburation to fuel injection). ❋ Unknown (2009)

The company said it continues to sidestep taking drastic action to deal with short-term dents in its profit margin, instead focusing on boosting shareholder value over the long term. ❋ Unknown (2009)

And I think we're going to find out in Iowa less than we're going to find out down the road, that is, the dents in Dean's armor, I think, are less effective here than they may be down the road in more conservative states as he goes for an early knockout -- Soledad. ❋ Unknown (2004)

The sley or reed is composed of a row of short and very thin parallel strips of cane or metal, somewhat like comb-teeth, called dents, fixed at both ends closely in two long, strong, parallel bars of wood set two or three or even four inches apart. ❋ Alice Morse Earle (1881)

BRAND: Oh.Mr. POTTS: And living off credit cards for two years kind of dents your wallet. ❋ Unknown (2007)

The broken bones and 'dents' on the skin were inflicted after the boy was dead. ❋ Patterson, James, 1947- (1993)

Then the little room down-stairs, from which went the orders to throw up a bank of earth on the hill yonder, where you may now observe a granite obelisk, -- "the study," in my father's time, but in those days the council-chamber of armed men, -- sometimes filled with soldiers; -- come with me, and I will show you the "dents" left by the butts of their muskets all over the floor. ❋ Various (N/A)

Then the little room downstairs from which went the orders to throw up a bank of earth on the hill yonder, where you may now observe a granite obelisk, -- "the study" in my father's time, but in those days the council-chamber of armed men, -- sometimes filled with soldiers; come with me, and I will show you the "dents" left by the butts of their muskets all over the floor. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

I retain my doubts about those "dents" on the floor of the right-hand room, "the study" of successive occupants, said to have been made by the butts of the Continental militia's firelocks, but this was the cause to which the story told me in childhood laid them. ❋ Oliver Wendell Holmes (1851)

If by "dents" you mean that the windings are worn through, it's probably time for a change. ❋ Unknown (2009)

For those who participate in liposuction frequently, and over excessively, they risk skin damage such as dents, lumps, and sagging. ❋ Unknown (2009)

This document specifies the type of damage and area of damage expected during this inspection such as dents, nicks, scores, notches, corrosions or cracks. ❋ Guest754c67 (2009)

Previously the only way to measure cavitation rates has been to lower a piece of aluminium foil into the liquid and count the number of 'dents' caused by bubble implosion. ❋ Unknown (2009)

The favoured means at present is to simply dunk a sheet of aluminium foil into the liquid and observe the number of "dents" caused by bubble implosions. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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