Dent | Mean of dent in English Dictionary

/ˈdɛnt/

• Noun
• an area on a surface that is lower than the rest of the surface especially because of being hit or pushed in
1. The accident left/made a small dent in the car's fender.
2. a few small dents in the wall
• Verb
• to make a dent in (something)
1. I'm afraid I dented the wall pretty badly when I was hammering in that nail.
2. He dented his (car's) fender in the accident.
3. Many of the cans were badly dented.
4. Some types of metal dent more easily than others.
• to decrease (something)
1. The team's confidence has been dented by a recent series of losses.