Thesaurus: indented

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1. imp. & p. p. of Indent
2. a. Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
3. a. Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating.
4. a. Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
5. a. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant.
6. a. Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds.
7. 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. Milton. Shak. 3. (Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary. 4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant. 5. (Zoöl.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds. 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.
8. Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth;serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
9. j:100 v set in from the margin v cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication v make a depression into v notch the edge of or make jagged v bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant