indented

Meanings

Verb

• set in from the margin
• cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
• make a depression into
• notch the edge of or make jagged
• bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
• simple past and past participle of indent

Adj

• Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.
• Having an irregular, uneven; sinuous; undulating.
• Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
• Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
• Notched along the margin with a different colour, like the feathers of some birds.

Synonyms

dent, dentate, dented, dentilated, erose, gimped, gnawed, indent, indented, indenture, jagged, jaggy, nicked, notched, notchy, saw-toothed, serrate, serrated, serriform, toothed