Definition of "indented" in English

adjective

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

2. Having an irregular, uneven; sinuous; undulating.

   • a heavily indented coastline

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 colour, like the feathers of some birds.

verb

1. simple past and past participle of indent