indented

Verb

indented

1. simple past tense and past participle of indent

Adjective

indented (comparative more indented, superlative most indented)

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.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Milton to this entry?)

   • 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, IV. iii. 113:

     it unlinked itself / And with indented glides did slip away / Into a bush:

3. (heraldry) Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.

   an indented border or ordinary

4. Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.

   an indented servant

5. (zoology) Notched along the margin with a different color, like the feathers of some birds.

Anagrams

• detinned, intended