different between furrow vs dent

English

Etymology

From Middle English furgh, forow, from Old English furh, from Proto-West Germanic *furh, from Proto-Germanic *furhs (compare Saterland Frisian Fuurge, Dutch voor, German Furche, Swedish fåra, Norwegian Bokmål fure), from Proto-Indo-European *per?- (“to dig”).

Compare Welsh rhych (“furrow”), Latin porca (“ridge, balk”), Lithuanian prapar?šas (“ditch”), Sanskrit ?????? (pár??na, “chasm”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?f??o?/, /?f?o?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?f????/
• (accents without the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• (accents with the "Hurry-furry" merger)
• Rhymes: -????

Noun

furrow (plural furrows)

1. A trench cut in the soil, as when plowed in order to plant a crop.

   Don't walk across that deep furrow in the field.

2. Any trench, channel, or groove, as in wood or metal.
3. A deep wrinkle in the skin of the face, especially on the forehead.

   When she was tired, a deep furrow appeared on her forehead.

Derived terms

• furrowless
• furrowlike
• furrowy

Translations

Verb

furrow (third-person singular simple present furrows, present participle furrowing, simple past and past participle furrowed)

1. (transitive) To cut one or more grooves in (the ground, etc.).
2. (transitive) To wrinkle.
3. (transitive) To pull one's brows or eyebrows together due to concentration, worry, etc.

   Synonym: frown

Derived terms

• furrower
• furrowing
• unfurrow
• unfurrowed

Translations

See also

• plough a lonely furrow

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) enPR: d?nt, IPA^(key): /d?nt/
• Rhymes: -?nt

Etymology 1

From Middle English dent, dente, dint (“a blow; strike; dent”), from Old English dynt (“blow, strike, the mark or noise of a blow”), from Proto-Germanic *duntiz (“a blow”). Akin to Old Norse dyntr (“dint”). More at dint.

Noun

dent (plural dents)

1. A shallow deformation in the surface of an object, produced by an impact.

2. 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.
3. (by extension, informal) A sudden negative change, such as loss, damage, weakening, consumption or diminution, especially one produced by an external force, event or action

Translations

Verb

dent (third-person singular simple present dents, present participle denting, simple past and past participle dented)

1. (transitive) To impact something, producing a dent.
2. (intransitive) To develop a dent or dents.

Translations

Etymology 2

French, from Latin dens, dentis, tooth. Doublet of tooth.

Noun

dent (plural dents)

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

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2. (weaving) A slot or a wire in a reed

Anagrams

• 'tend, tend

Catalan

Etymology

With change of gender from Latin dentem, accusative of d?ns m.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?dent/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?den/

Noun

dent f (plural dents)

1. (anatomy) tooth
2. tooth (saw tooth)
3. tooth (gear tooth)

Derived terms

Related terms

• dentadura
• dental
• dentista

Further reading

• “dent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “dent” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “dent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “dent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Middle French dent, with change of gender from Old French dent m, from Latin dentem, accusative of d?ns, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??/
• Homophones: dam, dams, dans, dents

Noun

dent f (plural dents)

1. tooth
2. cog (tooth on a gear)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “dent” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• tend

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /dent/, [d??n?t?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /dent/, [d??n?t?]

Verb

dent

1. third-person plural present active subjunctive of d?, "they may give"

Lombard

Etymology

From dente.

Noun

dent

1. tooth

Middle English

Noun

dent

1. Alternative form of dint

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French dent.

Noun

dent f (plural dens)

1. tooth

Descendants

• French: dent

Norman

Etymology

From Old French dent, from Latin d?ns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.

Pronunciation

Noun

dent m (plural dents)

1. (anatomy) tooth

Derived terms

• brînge à dents (“toothbrush”)

Related terms

• denchive (“gum”)

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin dentem, accusative of d?ns. Attested from the 12th century.

Pronunciation

Noun

dent f (plural dents)

1. tooth

Related terms

References

Old French

Etymology

From Latin d?ns, dente

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?d?nt]
• Rhymes: -ent

Noun

dent m (oblique plural denz or dentz, nominative singular denz or dentz, nominative plural dent)

1. (anatomy, of a comb) tooth

Descendants

• French: dent

Piedmontese

Etymology

From Latin d?ns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??t/

Noun

dent m (plural dent)

1. tooth

Derived terms

• dentin
• denton
• dentera
• dentista

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran, Puter, Vallader) daint

Etymology

From Latin d?ns, dentem, from Proto-Indo-European *h?dénts, *h?dónts.

Noun

dent m (plural dents)

1. (anatomy, Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan) tooth

Derived terms

• pasta da dents (“toothpaste”)