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dim·ple

 (dĭm′pəl)
n.
1. A small natural indentation in the flesh on a part of the human body, especially in the cheek or on the chin.
2. A slight depression or indentation in a surface.
v. dim·pled, dim·pling, dim·ples
v.intr.
To form dimples by smiling.
v.tr.
To produce dimples in.

[Middle English dimpel.]

dim′ply adj.
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dimple

(ˈdɪmpəl)
n
1. a small natural dent or crease in the flesh, esp on the cheeks or chin
2. any slight depression in a surface
3. a bubble or dent in glass
vb
4. to make or become dimpled
5. (intr) to produce dimples by smiling
[C13 dympull; compare Old English dyppan to dip, German Tümpel pool]
ˈdimply adj
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dim•ple

(ˈdɪm pəl)

n., v. -pled, -pling. n.
1. a small natural hollow, permanent or transient, on the surface of the human body, esp. one formed in the cheek in smiling.
v.t.
2. to mark with or as if with dimples; produce dimples in: A smile dimpled her face.
v.i.
3. to form or show dimples.
[1350–1400; Middle English dimpel, Old English *dympel; c. Old High German tumphilo deep place]
dim′ply, adj.
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dimple


Past participle: dimpled
Gerund: dimpling

Imperative
dimple
dimple
Present
I dimple
you dimple
he/she/it dimples
we dimple
you dimple
they dimple
Preterite
I dimpled
you dimpled
he/she/it dimpled
we dimpled
you dimpled
they dimpled
Present Continuous
I am dimpling
you are dimpling
he/she/it is dimpling
we are dimpling
you are dimpling
they are dimpling
Present Perfect
I have dimpled
you have dimpled
he/she/it has dimpled
we have dimpled
you have dimpled
they have dimpled
Past Continuous
I was dimpling
you were dimpling
he/she/it was dimpling
we were dimpling
you were dimpling
they were dimpling
Past Perfect
I had dimpled
you had dimpled
he/she/it had dimpled
we had dimpled
you had dimpled
they had dimpled
Future
I will dimple
you will dimple
he/she/it will dimple
we will dimple
you will dimple
they will dimple
Future Perfect
I will have dimpled
you will have dimpled
he/she/it will have dimpled
we will have dimpled
you will have dimpled
they will have dimpled
Future Continuous
I will be dimpling
you will be dimpling
he/she/it will be dimpling
we will be dimpling
you will be dimpling
they will be dimpling
Present Perfect Continuous
I have been dimpling
you have been dimpling
he/she/it has been dimpling
we have been dimpling
you have been dimpling
they have been dimpling
Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been dimpling
you will have been dimpling
he/she/it will have been dimpling
we will have been dimpling
you will have been dimpling
they will have been dimpling
Past Perfect Continuous
I had been dimpling
you had been dimpling
he/she/it had been dimpling
we had been dimpling
you had been dimpling
they had been dimpling
Conditional
I would dimple
you would dimple
he/she/it would dimple
we would dimple
you would dimple
they would dimple
Past Conditional
I would have dimpled
you would have dimpled
he/she/it would have dimpled
we would have dimpled
you would have dimpled
they would have dimpled
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ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Noun1.dimple - a chad that has been punched or dimpled but all four corners are still attached
chad - a small piece of paper that is supposed to be removed when a hole is punched in a card or paper tape
2.dimple - any slight depression in a surface; "there are approximately 336 dimples on a golf ball"
imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
3.dimple - a small natural hollow in the cheek or chin; "His dimple appeared whenever he smiled"
imprint, impression, depression - a concavity in a surface produced by pressing; "he left the impression of his fingers in the soft mud"
Verb1.dimple - mark with, or as if with, dimples; "drops dimpled the smooth stream"
mark - make or leave a mark on; "the scouts marked the trail"; "ash marked the believers' foreheads"
2.dimple - produce dimples while smiling; "The child dimpled up to the adults"
smile - change one's facial expression by spreading the lips, often to signal pleasure
Based on WordNet 3.0, Farlex clipart collection. © 2003-2012 Princeton University, Farlex Inc.

dimple

noun indentation, pit, hollow, dip, dent, cleft, concavity cellulite causes orange peel-like dimples on the skin
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Translations
نُقْرَةُ الذَّقِن
dolíček
smilehul
kolhukololommo
gödröcske
spékoppur
bedrīte
jamica

dimple

[ˈdɪmpl]
A. N
1. (in chin, cheek) → hoyuelo m
2. (= small depression) → hoyito m
B. VT [+ hand, arm, thigh] → hacer hoyitos en; [+ water] → rizar
C. VI [water] → rizarse
her cheeks dimpled, she had a lovely smilele salían hoyuelos en las mejillas, tenía una sonrisa preciosa
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

dimple

[ˈdɪmpəl] n (in cheek, chin)fossette f
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

dimple

n (on cheek, chin) → Grübchen nt; (= depression)Delle f, → Vertiefung f; (on water) → Kräuselung f
vi (cheeks)Grübchen bekommen; (person)Grübchen zeigen; (surface)sich einbeulen; (water)sich kräuseln
vt a smile dimpled her cheekssie lächelte und zeigte dabei ihre Grübchen
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

dimple

[ˈdɪmpl] n (in cheek, chin etc) → fossetta
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

dimple

(ˈdimpl) noun
a small hollow especially on the surface of the skin. She has a dimple in her cheek when she smiles.
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.

dim·ple

n. hoyuelo o hendidura en la piel, esp. en la mejilla o la barbilla.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012

dimple

n hoyuelo
English-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.
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It may be that in the distance a fish describes an arc of three or four feet in the air, and there is one bright flash where it emerges, and another where it strikes the water; sometimes the whole silvery arc is revealed; or here and there, perhaps, is a thistle-down floating on its surface, which the fishes dart at and so dimple it again.
Even as late as the fifth of December, one year, I saw some dimples on the surface, and thinking it was going to rain hard immediately, the air being fun of mist, I made haste to take my place at the oars and row homeward; already the rain seemed rapidly increasing, though I felt none on my cheek, and I anticipated a thorough soaking.
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Hetty blushed a deep rose-colour when Captain Donnithorne entered the dairy and spoke to her; but it was not at all a distressed blush, for it was inwreathed with smiles and dimples, and with sparkles from under long, curled, dark eyelashes; and while her aunt was discoursing to him about the limited amount of milk that was to be spared for butter and cheese so long as the calves were not all weaned, and a large quantity but inferior quality of milk yielded by the shorthorn, which had been bought on experiment, together with other matters which must be interesting to a young gentleman who would one day be a landlord, Hetty tossed and patted her pound of butter with quite a self-possessed, coquettish air, slyly conscious that no turn of her head was lost.
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