indent

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for indent

indent 🔊 /ɪndɛˈnt/

indent : කඩතොල්ල

indent : දැති කපනවා

indent : ඉන්ඩෙන්ටුව

indent : කඩතොලු කරනවා

indent : කත්තුව

indent : ඇණවුම

indent : අනූච්ඡේදනය

indent : පේළිය පස්සට යෙදීම

indent : ඉන්ඩෙන්ට් කිරීම

indent definition

Transitive verb.

  1. To notch; to jag; to cut into points like a row of teeth; as, to indent the edge of paper.
  2. To dent; to stamp or to press in; to impress; as, indent a smooth surface with a hammer; to indent wax with a stamp.
  3. To bind out by indenture or contract; to indenture; to apprentice; as, to indent a young man to a shoemaker; to indent a servant.
  4. To begin (a line or lines) at a greater or less distance from the margin; as, to indent the first line of a paragraph one em; to indent the second paragraph two ems more than the first. See Indentation, and Indention.
  5. To make an order upon; to draw upon, as for military stores.

Intransitive verb.

  1. To be cut, notched, or dented.
  2. To crook or turn; to wind in and out; to zigzag.
  3. To contract; to bargain or covenant.

Noun.

  1. A cut or notch in the man gin of anything, or a recess like a notch.
  2. A stamp; an impression.
  3. A certificate, or intended certificate, issued by the government of the United States at the close of the Revolution, for the principal or interest of the public debt.
  4. A requisition or order for supplies, sent to the commissariat of an army.