ɪnˈdɛn.ʃɝ ɪnˈdɛn.ʃɝ bind by or as if by indentures, as of an apprentice or servant an indentured servant notch the edge of or make jagged make a depression into The bicycle dented my car cut or tear along an irregular line so that the parts can later be matched for authentication indent the documents set in from the margin Indent the paragraphs of a letter the space left between the margin and the start of an indented line an order for goods to be exported or imported