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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Example Sentences
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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
But the opposite, reflective face bears an image incised in finely engraved lines that under normal conditions is virtually imperceptible to the naked eye.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 12, 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
How does it come about that the face of a warrior is incised on the carapace of a crab?
From "Cosmos" by Carl Sagan
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