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dimple
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun dimple has 3 senses
- dimple(n = noun.substance) dimpled chad, pregnant chad - a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached; Array is a kind of chad
- dimple(n = noun.shape) Array - any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball" is a kind of depression, impression, imprint
- dimple(n = noun.body) Array - a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled" is a kind of depression, impression, imprint
Derived form verb dimple1
Derived form verb dimple2
Verb dimple has 2 senses
- dimple(v = verb.change) Array - mark with, or as if with, dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth stream" is one way to mark
- dimple(v = verb.body) Array - produce dimples while smiling; "The child dimpled up to the adults" is one way to smile
Derived form noun dimple2
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derived form noun dimple3
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s
OXFORD DICTIONARY
dimple, n. & v.
--n. a small hollow or dent in the flesh, esp. in the cheeks or chin.
--v.
1 intr. produce or show dimples.
2 tr. produce dimples in (a cheek etc.).
--n. a small hollow or dent in the flesh, esp. in the cheeks or chin.
--v.
1 intr. produce or show dimples.
2 tr. produce dimples in (a cheek etc.).
Derivative
dimply adj.
Etymology
ME prob. f. OE dympel (unrecorded) f. a Gmc root dump-, perh. a nasalized form rel. to DEEP
THESAURUS
dimple
alveolation, alveolus, cockle, dent, depress, dint, engrave, fret, furrow, gouge, honeycomb, impress, impression, imprint, indent, indentation, indention, indenture, notch, pit, pock, pockmark, press in, print, punch, punch in, recess, riffle, set back, set in, stamp, sunken part, tampROGET THESAURUS
dimple
Concavity
N concavity, depression, dip, hollow, hollowness, indentation, intaglio, cavity, dent, dint, dimple, follicle, pit, sinus, alveolus, lacuna, excavation, strip mine, trough, honeycomb, cup, basin, crater, punch bowl, cell, socket, valley, vale, dale, dell, dingle, combe, bottom, slade, strath, glade, grove, glen, cave, cavern, cove, grot, grotto, alcove, cul-de- sac, gully, arch, bay, excavator, sapper, miner, honeycomb (sponge), depressed, alveolate, calathiform, cup-shaped, dishing, favaginous, faveolate, favose, scyphiform, scyphose, concave, hollow, stove in, retiring, retreating, cavernous, porous, infundibul, infundibular, infundibuliform, funnel shaped, bell shaped, campaniform, capsular, vaulted, arched.Notch
N notch, dent, nick, cut, indent, indentation, dimple, embrasure, battlement, machicolation, saw, tooth, crenelle, scallop, scollop, vandyke, depression, jag, notched, crenate, crenated, dentate, dentated, denticulate, denticulated, toothed, palmated, serrated.
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