Dint

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. Force or effort; power: succeeded by dint of hard work.
  • n. A dent.
  • v. To put a dent in.
  • v. To impress or drive in forcibly.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A blow, stroke, especially dealt in a fight.
  • n. Force, power; especially in by dint of.
  • n. A dent.
  • v. To dent
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. A blow; a stroke.
  • n. The mark left by a blow; an indentation or impression made by violence; a dent.
  • n. Force; power; -- esp. in the phrase by dint of.
  • v. To make a mark or cavity on or in, by a blow or by pressure; to dent.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A blow; a stroke.
  • n. A mark made by a blow or by pressure on a surface: now dent.
  • n. Force; power: now chiefly in the phrase by dint of: as, by dint of argument.
  • To make a mark or depression on or in by a blow or stroke: now usually dent.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by means of'
  • Verb Form
    dinted    dinting    dints   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    means    agency    way   
    Form
    dinted    dinting    by dint of   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    blow    stroke    dent    force    power    indent   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Clint    Flint    Schwindt    clint    flint    glint    hint    imprint    lint    mint   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    spite    devoid    lack    vestige