Indented

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indent \In*dent"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Indented}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Indenting}.] [OE. endenten to notch, fit in, OF.
     endenter, LL. indentare, fr. L. in + dens, dentis, tooth. See
     {Tooth}, and cf. {Indenture}.]
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     1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth;


        as, to indent the edge of paper.
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     2. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a
        smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
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     3. [Cf. {Indenture}.] To bind out by indenture or contract;
        to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to
        a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
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     4. (Print.) To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less
        distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of
        a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems
        more than the first. See {Indentation}, and {Indention}.
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     5. (Mil.) To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for
        military stores. [India] --Wilhelm.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Indented \In*dent"ed\, a.
     1. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth;
        jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
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     2. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
        --Milton. Shak.
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     3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the
        teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
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     4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an
        indented servant.
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     5. (Zool.) Notched along the margin with a different color,
        as the feathers of some birds.
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     {Indented line} (Fort.), a line with alternate long and short
        faces, with salient and receding angles, each face giving
        a flanking fire along the front of the next.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  indented
       adj 1: having repeated square indentations like those in a
              battlement; "a crenelated molding" [syn: {embattled},
              {crenelated}, {crenelate}, {crenellated}, {crenellate}]
       2: having the central portion lower than the margin; "a
          depressed pustule" [syn: {depressed}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  37 Moby Thesaurus words for "indented":
     alveolar, alveolate, battlemented, chopped, crenate, crenated,
     crenellated, crenulate, dentate, dentated, dented, depressed,
     dimpled, embrasured, engraved, erose, faveolate, gashed,
     honeycombed, incised, jagged, jaggy, lacerate, lacerated, nicked,
     notched, pitted, pocked, pockmarked, saw-toothed, sawlike,
     scalloped, scored, serrate, serrated, serrulated, toothed