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Indented

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

📖 Definitions of "Indented"

verb
  1. 1

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

    "to indent the edge of paper"

  2. 2

    To be cut, notched, or dented.

  3. 3

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

    "indent a smooth surface with a hammer"

  4. 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
  1. 1

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

  2. 2

    Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.

    "a heavily indented coastline"

  3. 3

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

    "an indented border or ordinary"

  4. 4

    Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.

    "an indented servant"

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