incised
Americanadjective
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cut into.
the incised material.
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made by cutting.
an incised pattern.
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Medicine/Medical. made or cut cleanly, as if surgically; not ragged.
an incised wound.
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(of a leaf ) sharply, deeply, and somewhat irregularly notched.
adjective
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cut into or engraved
an incised surface
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made by cutting or engraving
an incised design
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(of a wound) cleanly cut, as with a surgical knife
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having margins that are sharply and deeply indented
an incised leaf
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One intriguing discovery is a deep channel incised in Antarctica's bed in an area called the Maud Subglacial Basin.
From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026
The development of new pastes advanced the formation and integration of sculpture; and “paste on paste” permitted the use of incised bas-reliefs.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 1, 2025
They found that the Martian valleys' branching angles "are more similar to terrestrial valley networks incised by overland flow, than valley networks incised by re-emerging groundwater flow."
From Salon • May 16, 2025
Stylistically, those two small children, their flatly painted bodies incised in two-dimensional profile, slide back thousands of years to the African continent and Egyptian art — product of an ancient slave culture.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 1, 2024
That huge horn with its bands of old gold, incised with ancient rimes ... had Mance Rayder lied to him, or was Tormund lying now?
From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin
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