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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | impression |
| Synonyms: | dent, drive, effort, energy, force, indentation, nick, power, strength, will |
| Main Entry: | dent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chip, scrape, depress |
| Synonyms: | dig, dimple, dint, furrow, gouge, hollow, imprint, indent, make concave, mark, nick, notch, perforate, pit, press in, push in, ridge, scratch |
| Antonyms: | bulge |
| Main Entry: | impression |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | design made by pressing |
| Synonyms: | brand, cast, dent, depression, dint, fingerprint, footprint, form, hollow, impress, imprint, indentation, mark, matrix, mold, outline, pattern, print, sign, spoor, stamp, stamping, trace, track, vestige |
Example Sentences
- By dint of much perserverance and a high degree of skill.
- On some accounts, it has simply addled their brains, destroying their powers of concentration forever by dint of distraction.
- The authorities have kept the plates spinning by dint of an enormous effort and some unprecedented monetary measures.
| Main Entry: | indent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a space; push in slightly |
| Synonyms: | bash, cave in, cut, dent, depress, dint, hollow, jag, mark, nick, notch, pink, pit, rabbet, rut, scallop, score, serrate |
| Antonyms: | flush |
| Main Entry: | nick |
| Part of Speech: | noun, verb |
| Definition: | chip, scratch |
| Synonyms: | cut, damage, dent, dint, indent, jag, knock, mark, mill, notch, scar, score, slit |
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