Having a hollow or depression in the surface, usually from impact; damaged inward.
From dent + -ed. Dent comes from Old English and Old Norse dentr (indentation), related to dint (force). A dent is where force pushed inward.
Dent and dint are the same Old Norse word—a dint of effort and a dented car both show the same principle, that something pushed hard enough leaves an impression.
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