indented Meaning, Definition & Usage

verb set in from the margin
indent.
- Indent the paragraphs of a letter
verb cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
indent.
- indent the documents
verb make a depression into
indent; dent.
- The bicycle dented my car
verb notch the edge of or make jagged
indent.
verb bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
indent; indenture.
- an indentured servant

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; jagged; notched; stamped in; dented on the surface.
Having an uneven, irregular border; sinuous; undulating. Milton. Shak.
(Her.) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated; as, an indented border or ordinary.
Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured; as, an indented servant.
(Zoöl.) Notched along the margin with a different color, as the feathers of some birds.