- indent⇄indent (1), verb, noun.
- indent⇄indent (2), verb, noun.
- indent⇄noun a dent; indentation.
- indent⇄noun indenter.
- indent⇄noun 1. a notch; indentation.
2. an official requisition for supplies.
3. an order for goods.
4. an indented agreement; indenture.
5. a certificate issued by the United States government at the close of the American Revolution - indent⇄v.i. 1. to form a notch or recess; recede.
2a. to draw upon a person or thing for something.
Ex. For weeks I've been asking to have my transport repaired, but now they tell me I shall have to indent for it through proper channels (Atlantic). - indent⇄v.t. 1. to make a dent or dents in; mark with a dent.
Ex. sand indented by footprints. Deep in the neck his fangs indent their hold (Alexander Pope).
2. to press in; stamp.
3. to form as a dent.
Ex. Deep scars were seen indented - indent⇄v.t. 1. to make notches in (an edge, line, or border); notch.
Ex. The mountains indent the horizon.
2. to form notches or deep bays in; penetrate.
Ex. an indented coast.
3. to begin (a line) farther from the edge than the other