dented
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- adjective
- /ˈdɛntɪd/
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abollado
- After falling off the table, the metal box was badly dented.
They flatten out, they hit an object at an angle and are dented, or they pass through something soft like this bullet and that bullet.
- They flatten out, they hit an object at an angle and are dented, or they pass through something soft like this bullet and that bullet.
Examples
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It was it was all dented and the door couldn't open.
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- Yeah, and his front fender's dented.
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Your samovar is ugly and dented.
Fiction book (2002) -
It's so dented, but the internals don't work.
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He walks up to Formica, carrying his dented and dusty helmet.
Fiction book (1998) -
I PREDICT THAT IN JUST A MOMENT WE WILL SEE A LADY ON A RED BIKE, FOLLOWED BY A MAN WITH FLOWERS AND A VOLKSWAGEN BEETLE WITH A DENTED FENDER.
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The car's hood was badly dented after the accident.
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I noticed a dented can of soda on the grocery shelf.
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Etymology
Dented comes from the word dent, which originally meant 'tooth' and is the same root as dentist, so imagine a tooth leaving a mark. A dent is like a small hollow as if something bit the metal, so dented means 'having a hollow caused by being hit or pressed in'.