| Main Entry: | indent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a space; push in slightly |
Synonyms: |
bash, cave in, cut, dent, depress, dint, hollow, jag, mark, nick, notch, pink, pit, rabbet, rut, scallop, score, serrate |
Antonyms: |
flush |
| Main Entry: | indented |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | depressed |
Synonyms: |
paragraphed, sectioned, set in |
| Main Entry: | carve |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cut carefully with sharp instrument |
Synonyms: |
block out, chip, chisel, cleave, dissect, dissever, divide, engrave, etch, fashion, form, grave, hack, hew, incise, indent, insculpt, model, mold, mould, pattern, rough-hew, sculpt, shape, slash, slice, stipple, sunder, tool, trim, whittle |
| Main Entry: | concave |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | curved, depressed |
Synonyms: |
biconcave, cupped, dented, dimpled, dipped, excavated, hollow, hollowed, incurvate, incurvated, incurved, indented, round, rounded, sagging, scooped, sinking, sunken |
| Notes: | convex (from Latin convexus 'arched, vaulted') refers to a surface that curves outward, concave (from Latin concavus 'hollow') to a surface that curves inward |
Antonyms: |
convex, distended |
| Main Entry: | curl |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bend, loop |
Synonyms: |
buckle, coil, contort, convolute, corkscrew, crimp, crinkle, crisp, crook, curve, entwine, fold, form into ringlets, frizz, indent, kink, lap, meander, ringlet, ripple, roll, scallop, snake, spiral, swirl, turn, twine, twirl, twist, undulate, wave, wind, wreathe, writhe, zigzag |
Antonyms: |
straighten |
| Main Entry: | dent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | chip, scrape, depress |
Synonyms: |
dig, dimple, dint, furrow, gouge, hollow, imprint, indent, make concave, mark, nick, notch, perforate, pit, press in, push in, ridge, scratch |
Antonyms: |
bulge |
| Main Entry: | depressed |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | concave, pushed down |
Synonyms: |
hollow, indented, recessed, set back, sunken |
Antonyms: |
bulging, convex, pushed up, raised |
| Main Entry: | hollow |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | empty, hollowed out |
Synonyms: |
alveolate, arched, carved out, cavernous, cleft, concave, cup-shaped, cupped, curved, deep-set, depressed, dimpled, excavated, incurved, indented, infundibular, not solid, notched, pitted, striated, sunken, troughlike, unfilled, vacant, vaulted, void |
Antonyms: |
convex, full, raised, solid |
| Main Entry: | hollow |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | empty out; make concave |
Synonyms: |
channel, chase, corrugate, dent, dig, dish, ditch, excavate, furrow, gorge, groove, indent, notch, pit, rabbet, remove, rut, scoop, shovel, trench |
Antonyms: |
fill, make convex, raise |
| Main Entry: | impress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | press down to make design |
Synonyms: |
carve, dent, emboss, engrave, etch, imprint, indent, inscribe, mark, print, stamp |
Antonyms: |
take apart |