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[dent] 1. noun(a small hollow made by pressure or a blow: My car has a dent where it hit a tree.) mossa2. verb(to make such a hollow in: The car was dented when it hit a wall.) amolgar* * *dent1[dent] n mossa: vestígio de pancada ou pressão. • vt amassar, dar pancada, golpear a superfície de algum objeto. he drove into a post and dented the car / ele dirigiu contra um poste e amassou o carro. to make a dent reduzir consideravelmente.————————dent2[dent] n 1 entalhe, rebaixo ou cavidade no fio de uma lâmina, etc. 2 dente (de engrenagem, de roda, de serra, de pente, etc.). 3 garra de acoplamento. 4 cada uma das saliências ou pontas que guarnecem a engrenagem de certos objetos. 5 espaço entre dois arames do pente de um cardador. • vt+vi 1 adentar, dentear, dentar, formar dentes em, entalhar, chanfrar. 2 tornar-se denteado. -
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1. noun1) (a circular, often jewelled, head-dress, especially one worn as a mark of royalty or honour: the queen's crown.) coroa2) ((with capital) the king or queen or governing power in a monarchy: revenue belonging to the Crown.) coroa3) (the top eg of a head, hat, hill etc: We reached the crown of the hill.) topo4) ((an artificial replacement for) the part of a tooth which can be seen.) coroa2. verb1) (to make (someone) king or queen by placing a crown on his or her head: The archbishop crowned the queen.) coroar2) (to form the top part of (something): an iced cake crowned with a cherry.) coroar3) (to put an artificial crown on (a tooth).) pôr uma coroa4) (to hit (someone) on the head: If you do that again, I'll crown you!) bater•- crown princess* * *[kraun] n 1 coroa: a) ornato para a cabeça. b) realeza, poder ou autoridade real ou imperial. c) rei, monarca, soberano. d) grinalda, diadema. e) prêmio, galardão, recompensa. f) cabeça. g) crista, cume, topo, cimo. h) Anat, Zool parte superior do dente. i) Dent dente artificial. j) Brit moeda de cinco xelins. k) tonsura. l) topo da cabeça. m) Bot apêndice ou série de apêndices unidos no lado interno da corola. 2 desenho ou objeto em forma de coroa. 3 auge, clímax, culminância. 4 Naut cruz da âncora. 5 copa de árvore. 6 Archit vértice, parte superior de uma cornija. 7 formato de papel (15 x 20 polegadas). 8 copa de chapéu. • vt 1 coroar. he was crowned king / ele foi coroado rei. 2 entronizar, entronar. 3 honrar, premiar, recompensar. 4 encimar, estar no cume de. 5 completar, terminar, tornar perfeito, rematar. 6 pôr diadema em, engrinaldar. 7 fazer dama (no jogo). 8 ornar, adornar. 9 Dent colocar uma coroa. the tooth was crowned / foi colocada uma coroa no dente. • adj pertencente ou relativo à coroa. the Crown o poder real. the evening crowns the day fig não se deve dar por terminado o dia antes da noite. to crown all superar tudo.
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make a dent in — (something) British, American & Australian, American to reduce the amount or level of something. The roof repairs made quite a dent in our savings. Police efforts have hardly put a dent in the level of drug trafficking on the streets. (often… … New idioms dictionary
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make a dent in — {v. phr.}, {informal} To make less by a very small amount; reduce slightly. Usually used in the negative or with such qualifying words as hardly or barely . * /John shoveled and shoveled, but he didn t seem to make a dent in the pile of sand./ *… … Dictionary of American idioms
make\ a\ dent\ in — v. phr. informal To make less by a very small amount; reduce slightly. Usually used in the negative or with such qualifying words as hardly or barely . John shoveled and shoveled, but he didn t seem to make a dent in the pile of sand. Mary… … Словарь американских идиом
make a dent in — phrasal : to produce an inconsiderable effect upon his gambling losses hardly made a dent in his huge fortune unable even to make a dent in his complacency … Useful english dictionary
make a dent in something — informal phrase to reduce the amount of something a strategy for making a dent in the crime statistics Thesaurus: to reduce somethingsynonym Main entry: dent * * * make, etc. a ˈdent in sth … Useful english dictionary
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make a dent in — make a depression in , create a hollow in … English contemporary dictionary
make a dent in something — informal to reduce the amount of something a strategy for making a dent in the crime statistics … English dictionary
make/put a dent — ◇ In figurative use, to make a dent (in something) or to put a dent in something is to decrease something slightly or to make it somewhat weaker. We tried our best to fix the problem, but nothing we did seems to have made a dent. [=nothing we did … Useful english dictionary
