indent: Meaning and Definition of

in•dent

1. to form deep recesses in: The sea indents the coast.
2. to set in or back from the margin, as the first line of a paragraph.
3. to sever (a document drawn up in duplicate) along an irregular line as a means of identification.
4. to cut or tear the edge of (copies of a document) in an irregular way.
5. to make toothlike notches in; notch.
6. to indenture, as an apprentice.
7. to draw an order upon.
8. to order, as commodities.

1. to form a recess.
2. to make out an order or requisition in duplicate.
1. to draw upon a person or thing for something.
2. to enter into an agreement by indenture; make a compact.

1. a toothlike notch or deep recess; indentation.
2. an indention.
3. an indenture.
4. a certificate issued by a state or the federal government at the close of the Revolutionary War for the principal or interest due on the public debt.
5. a requisition for stores.

in•dent

1. to dent; press in so as to form a dent: to indent a pattern on metal.
2. to make or form a dent in: The wooden stairs had been indented by horses' hooves.

1. a dent.