Dent
Dent verb - To make smaller in amount, volume, or extent.
Plane
Plane verb - To make free from breaks, curves, or bumps.
Usage example: planed the wood for the picnic table perfectly smooth so that no one would get splinters
How words are described
| old | old dent | old plane |
| good | good dent | good plane |
| better | better dent | better plane |
| single | single dent | single plane |
| Other adjectives: small, real, large, big, huge, little, tiny, flat, new, unarmed, giant. | ||
Common collocations
Both words in one sentence
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And as a consequence, making the paper plane puts a big dent in Sketch's health bar.
Source: Video Game / Comix Zone
Cite this Source
Plane and Dent. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/dent/plane
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