indented
verb
Definitions
To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
Example: to indent the edge of paper
To be cut, notched, or dented.
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
Example: indent a smooth surface with a hammer
To cut the two halves of a document in duplicate, using a jagged or wavy line so that each party could demonstrate that their copy was part of the original whole.
adjective
Definitions
Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
Example: a heavily indented coastline
Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
Example: an indented border or ordinary
Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
Example: an indented servant