4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

incised

adjective

1: sharply and deeply indented

2: cut into with a sharp instrument

3: cut or impressed into a surface; "an incised design"; "engraved invitations" [syn: {engraved}, {etched}, {graven}, {inscribed}]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Incise \In*cise"\, verb (used with an object) [imp. & p. p. {Incised}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Incising}.] [L. incisus, p. p. of incidere to incise: cf. F. inciser. See {Incide}.]

1. To cut in or into with a sharp instrument; to carve; to engrave.

I on thy grave this epitaph incise. --T. Carew.

2. To cut, gash, or wound with a sharp instrument; to cut off.

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:

Incised \In*cised"\, adjective

1. Cut in; carved; engraved.

2. (Bot.) Having deep and sharp notches, as a leaf or a petal.

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

73 Moby Thesaurus words for "incised": battlemented, canaliculate, canaliculated, carved, chamfered, channeled, chopped, corduroy, corduroyed, corrugate, corrugated, costate, creased, crenate, crenated, crenellated, crenulate, crimped, cut, dadoed, dentate, dentated, embrasured, enchased, engraved, erose, fluted, furrowed, gashed, glyphic, goffered, gouged, graved, graven, grooved, impressed, imprinted, indented, inscribed, insculptured, jagged, jaggy, lacerate, lacerated, lined, marked, nicked, notched, pleated, printed, rabbeted, ribbed, rifled, rutted, rutty, saw-toothed, sawlike, scalloped, scored, scratched, sculptured, serrate, serrated, serrulated, slit, stamped, striated, sulcate, sulcated, tooled, toothed, troughed, wrinkled

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