indented en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /ɪnˈdɛntɪd/
- (Southern-England) audio
Etymology
Etymology tree English indent Old English -ed Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂tos Proto-Germanic *-ōdaz Old English -od Middle English -ed English -ed English indented From indent + -ed.
Meanings
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Cut in the edge into points or inequalities, like teeth; dented on the surface; jagged; notched; stamped in.
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 1974, page 143,: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 fingers outspread to lay hold of him; […]
1896, Joseph Conrad, chapter III, in An Outcast of the Islands, London: T. Fisher Unwin […], →OCLC, part V, page 352:
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Having an irregular, uneven border; sinuous; undulating.
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 Paradise Lost. […], London: […] [Samuel Simmons], and are to be sold by Peter Parker […]; [a]nd by Robert Boulter […]; [a]nd Matthias Walker, […], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: […], London: Basil Montagu Pickering […], 1873, →OCLC, lines 494-497: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, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:a heavily indented coastline
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Notched like the part of a saw consisting of the teeth; serrated.
an indented border or ordinary
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Bound out by an indenture; apprenticed; indentured.
an indented servant
- Notched along the margin with a different colour, like the feathers of some birds.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most indented | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more indented | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
counterindented · indentedness · indentedly
Synonyms
indented · erose · nicked · notched · serrated · dented · jaggy · gnawed · notchy · dentilated · serriform · dentate · erose · gimped · jagged · toothed · serrate · saw-toothed · serrated