indented

verb

1
To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth
“to indent the edge of paper”
2
To be cut, notched, or dented.
3
To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress
“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.
5
To enter into a binding agreement by means of such documents; to formally commit (to doing something); to contract.
6
To engage (someone), originally by means of indented contracts.
“to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant”
7
To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or lesser distance from the margin. See indentation, and indention. Normal indent pushes in a line or paragraph. "hanging indent" pulls the line out into the margin.
“to indent the first line of a paragraph one em”
8
To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
9
To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.

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.
“a heavily indented coastline”
3
Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
“an indented border or ordinary”
4
Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
“an indented servant”
5
Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.

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