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dent
A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.
"The crash produced a dent in the left side of the car."
A type of maize/corn with a relatively soft outer hull, and a soft type of starch that shrinks at maturity to leave an indentation in the surface of the kernel.
(by extension) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action
"That purchase put a bit of a dent in my wallet."
To impact something, producing a dent.
To develop a dent or dents.
"Copper is soft and dents easily."
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