Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Dent \Dent\, n. [A variant of {Dint}.]
   1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.] ``That dent of thunder.''
      --Chaucer.

   2. A slight depression, or small notch or hollow, made by a
      blow or by pressure; an indentation.

            A blow that would have made a dent in a pound of
            butter.                               --De Quincey.

Dent \Dent\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Dented}; p. pr. & vb. n.
   {Denting}.]
   To make a dent upon; to indent.

         The houses dented with bullets.          --Macaulay.

Dent \Dent\, n. [F., fr. L. dens, dentis, tooth. See {Tooth}.]
   (Mach.)
   A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. --Knight.

Source : WordNet®

dent
     v : make a depression into; "The bicycle dented my car" [syn: {indent}]

dent
     n 1: an appreciable consequence (especially a lessening); "it
          made a dent in my bank account"
     2: a depression scratched or carved into a surface [syn: {incision},
         {scratch}, {prick}, {slit}]
     3: an impression in a surface (as made by a blow) [syn: {gouge},
         {nick}]