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DENTED
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Dictionary entry overview: What does dented mean?
• DENTED (adjective)
The adjective DENTED has 1 sense:
1. of metal e.g.
Familiarity information: DENTED used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of metal e.g.
Synonyms:
Context example:
dented fenders
Similar:
damaged (harmed or injured or spoiled)
Context examples
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.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
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.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
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