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Meaning of indented

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

indented

verb

Definitions

  1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth

    Example: to indent the edge of paper

  2. To be cut, notched, or dented.

  3. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress

    Example: indent a smooth surface with a hammer

  4. 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

  1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.

  2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.

    Example: a heavily indented coastline

  3. Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.

    Example: an indented border or ordinary

  4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.

    Example: an indented servant