To stamp or impress onto something.
To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
To significantly or strongly influence or affect; to have an impact on.
To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
A significant or strong influence or effect.
A forced impinging.
The striking of one body against another; collision.
The force or energy of a collision of two objects.
To make an impression; to have an effect on; to chip away at.
Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see make, a, dent.