Dent /(dĕnt)/

Dent

n.
  1. A stroke; a blow. [Obs.]
  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.

Dent

v. t.

imp. & p. p. Dented; p. pr. & vb. n. Denting

  1. To make a dent upon; to indent.
    The houses dented with bullets.

Dent

n.
  1. A tooth, as of a card, a gear wheel, etc. (Mach.)