to indent the edge of paper
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Indent
//ˈɪndɛnt//
Synonyms for "indent" (282 found)
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conquerconquestcontract by deedcontract of recordcontract quasicontributionconveneconvexityconvocationconvokecouchcovenant of indemnitycravecrenellatecrenulatecrimpcry forcutdactylogramdactylograph
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debasedebenturedebenture bonddeeddeed of trustdeed polldemanddemand fordentdepressdesiredetrudedimpledintdownbeardraftdraindraughtdraughtsmandraughtydutyembossmentengraveenslaveenslavementevocationevokeexactexactionexcrescenceexpressed desireextortextortionextortionate demandfilefile forfingerprintfootmarkfootprintfootstepformal contractfossil footprintfurrowgashgougegroup policyhaul downheavy demandhoghoneycombichniteichnoliteimpetrationimplied contractimposeimpositionimpostimpressimpressionimprintinciseindention
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7 entriesTranslations
59 translations across 13 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- вдлъбнатина noun (A stamp; an impression)
- зъбец noun (A cut or notch)
- назъбване noun (A cut or notch)
- отпечатък noun (A stamp; an impression)
Catalan
1 entries- sagnar verb (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin)
Czech
1 entries- odsadit verb (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin)
Dutch
1 entries- inspringen verb (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin)
Finnish
4 entries- hammastaa verb (to cut into points like a row of teeth)
- kolota verb (to stamp or to press in)
- leikata kahtia verb (to cut the two halves of a document in duplicate)
- leimata verb (to stamp or to press in)
German
4 entries- Beschaffungsauftrag noun (Order for supplies)
- Einbuchtung noun (A cut or notch)
- Kerbe noun (A cut or notch)
- Vertiefung noun (A cut or notch)
Hebrew
4 entries- אבזץ noun (A cut or notch)
- אינדנטציה noun (A cut or notch)
- הזחה noun (A cut or notch)
- זיח noun (A cut or notch)
Indonesian
2 entries- inden noun (Order for supplies)
- indentasi noun (A cut or notch)
Māori
2 entries- neke verb (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin)
- nuku verb (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin)
Portuguese
2 entries- dentar verb (to cut into points like a row of teeth)
- indentar verb (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin)
Slovak
4 entries- odtlačok noun (A stamp; an impression)
- preliačina noun (A stamp; an impression)
- stopa noun (A stamp; an impression)
- hĺbiť verb (to stamp or to press in)
Spanish
4 entries- dejar marcar en verb (to stamp or to press in)
- indentar verb (to be cut, notched, or dented)
- indentar verb (typography: to begin a line or lines at a greater or less distance from the margin)
- marcar verb (to stamp or to press in)
Tibetan
2 entries- ཉག་ག noun (A cut or notch)
- ཉག་འབུར noun (A cut or notch)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
indent a smooth surface with a hammer
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to indent wax with a stamp
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The Polanders indented with Henry, Duke of Anjou, their new-chosen king, to bring with him an hundred families of artificers into Poland.
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