indented

Meaning of 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.
adjective
  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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Hyphenation of indented

in-dented

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
  • indented is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

indented synonyms

Meaning embattled:

embattled, battlemented, castled, castellated, crenelated, crenellated, crenelate, crenellate

Meaning depressed:

depressed

Meaning :

erose, serrated

Anagrams of indented

intended

Words that rhyme with indented

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