indented

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.

Adjective

Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.
- He saw the horrible form among the big trees, in the network of creepers in the fantastic outlines of leaves, of the great indented leaves that seemed to be so many enormous hands with big broad palms, with stiff...
- The old brown photograph with the photographer’s indented seal in the corner showed the long ranks of the cavalry […] - 1958, Graham Greene, chapter 2, in Our Man in Havana, part 4, New York: Pocket Books, published...
Synonyms: erose serrated dentate dented dentilated gimped gnawed indented jagged jaggy nicked notched notchy saw-toothed serrate serriform toothed
Having an irregular, uneven; sinuous; undulating.
- a heavily indented coastline
- Seeing Orlando, it [the snake] unlinked itself / And with indented glides did slip away / Into a bush; […] - c. 1598–1600 (date written), William Shakespeare, “As You Like It”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies,...
- So spake the Enemie of Mankind, enclos'd / In Serpent, Inmate bad, and toward Eve / Address'd his way, not with indented wave, / Prone on the ground, as since, but on his reare, […] - 1667, John Milton, “Book VIII”, in...
Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
- an indented border or ordinary
Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
- an indented servant
Notched along the margin with a different colour, like the feathers of some birds.

Etymology tree English indent English -ed English indented From indent + -ed.