indent
1. an order for goods to be exported or imported
• Regions:
United Kingdom, UK, U.K., Britain, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, Great Britain
• Hypernyms:
order, purchase order
2. the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line
• Syn:
indentation, indention, indenture
• Derivationally related forms:
indent (for: indentation)
• Hypernyms:
space, blank space, place
1. set in from the margin
- Indent the paragraphs of a letter
• Derivationally related forms:
indentation
• Hypernyms:
format, arrange
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
2. cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication
- indent the documents
• Hypernyms:
cut
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. make a depression into
- The bicycle dented my car
• Syn:
dent
• Derivationally related forms:
dent (for: dent), indentation
• Hypernyms:
flex, bend, deform, twist, turn
• Entailment:
hit
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
4. notch the edge of or make jagged
• Derivationally related forms:
indentation
• Hypernyms:
notch
• Hyponyms:
recess
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant
- an indentured servant
• Syn:
indenture
• Derivationally related forms:
indenture, indenture (for: indenture)
• Hypernyms:
oblige, bind, hold, obligate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
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