n.

1. Force or effort; power: succeeded by dint of hard work.
2. A dent.

tr.v., dint·ed, dint·ing, dints.

1. To put a dent in.
2. To impress or drive in forcibly.

[Middle English. See dent¹.]

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The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: interchangeable with `means' in the expression `by dint of'

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - bule, mærke, slag
v. tr. - bule, lave mærke i

idioms:

• by dint of    ved hjælp af

Nederlands (Dutch)
deuk, indruk, slag, deuken

Français (French)
n. - dent, entaille, bosse
v. tr. - entailler, bosseler, cabosser

idioms:

• by dint of    grâce à, à force de

Deutsch (German)
n. - Schlag, Beule
v. - verbeulen

idioms:

• by dint of    durch, mittels

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - κοίλωμα (κν. γούβα, βαθούλωμα)
v. - βαθουλώνω, ζουλάω

idioms:

• by dint of    χάρη σε, μέσω

Italiano (Italian)
tacca, segno

idioms:

• by dint of    tramite

Português (Portuguese)
n. - força (f), violência (f)
v. - pressionar

idioms:

• by dint of    à força de

Русский (Russian)
вмятина, выбоина

idioms:

• by dint of    посредством

Español (Spanish)
n. - bollo, abolladura
v. tr. - abollar, dentar

idioms:

• by dint of    a fuerza de

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - märke, avtryck, bula
v. - göra märken

中文（简体） (Chinese (Simplified))
凹痕, 打, 击出凹痕

idioms:

• by dint of    凭借, 由于

中文（繁體） (Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 凹痕, 打
v. tr. - 擊出凹痕

idioms:

• by dint of    憑藉, 由於

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 상처, 힘
v. tr. - (두들겨서) 움푹 들어가게 하다

idioms:

• by dint of    ~의 힘으로

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 力, くぼみ
v. - くぼませる, むりやり押し込む

idioms:

• by dint of    力で

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) قوة, بعجه (فعل) يبعج, يضغط على شئ بقوة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮גומה קטנה, שקע‬
v. tr. - ‮סימן בשקעים קטנים‬

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