To collide or strike, the act of impinging.
Example: "When the hammer impacts the nail, it bends."
To compress; to compact; to press into something or pack together.
Example: "The footprints of birds do not impact the soil in the way those of dinosaurs do."
To influence; to affect; to have an impact on.
Example: "I can make the changes, but it will impact the schedule."
To stamp or impress onto something.
Example: "Ideas impacted on the mind."
Having undergone an impact.
Of a tooth, subject to dental impaction.
Example: "Being the last teeth to erupt in the oral cavity, many wisdom teeth are impacted."
Having lost property revenue due to federal presence, such that it may receive impact aid.