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INDENT

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

The space left between the margin and the start of an indented line

Synonyms:

indent; indentation; indention; indenture

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("indent" is a kind of...):

blank space; place; space (a blank area)

Derivation:

indent (set in from the margin)

Sense 2

Meaning:

An order for goods to be exported or imported

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("indent" is a kind of...):

order; purchase order (a commercial document used to request someone to supply something in return for payment and providing specifications and quantities)

Domain region:

Britain; Great Britain; U.K.; UK; United Kingdom; United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (a monarchy in northwestern Europe occupying most of the British Isles; divided into England and Scotland and Wales and Northern Ireland; 'Great Britain' is often used loosely to refer to the United Kingdom)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant

Example:

an indentured servant

Synonyms:

indent; indenture

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Hypernyms (to "indent" is one way to...):

bind; hold; obligate; oblige (bind by an obligation; cause to be indebted)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

indenture (a contract binding one party into the service of another for a specified term)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Notch the edge of or make jagged

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "indent" is one way to...):

notch (cut or make a notch into)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "indent"):

recess (make a recess in)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

indentation (the act of cutting into an edge with toothlike notches or angular incisions)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Make a depression into

Example:

The bicycle dented my car

Synonyms:

dent; indent

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "indent" is one way to...):

bend; deform; flex; turn; twist (cause (a plastic object) to assume a crooked or angular form)

"Indent" entails doing...:

hit (deal a blow to, either with the hand or with an instrument)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

indentation (the formation of small pits in a surface as a consequence of corrosion)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication

Example:

indent the documents

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "indent" is one way to...):

cut (separate with or as if with an instrument)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 5

Meaning:

Set in from the margin

Example:

Indent the paragraphs of a letter

Classified under:

Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing

Hypernyms (to "indent" is one way to...):

arrange; format (set (printed matter) into a specific format)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

indent; indentation (the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line)

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