dent
/dɛnt/ verb C2- To impact something, producing a dent.
- To develop a dent or dents. · Copper is soft and dents easily.
He/she/it dents · Past dented · Past participle dented · -ing form denting
Verb forms
- Base form
- dent
- He/she/it
- dents
- Past
- dented
- Past participle
- dented
- -ing form
- denting
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“I will,” declared the Scarecrow, “for, if you found that you could not jump over the gulf, Dorothy would be killed, or the Tin Woodman badly dented on the rocks below.
Here they dropped the poor Woodman, who fell a great distance to the rocks, where he lay so battered and dented that he could neither move nor groan.
“I don’t know--I don’t want to talk as much,” she said, denting her chin thoughtfully with her forefinger.
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