serrate
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Etymology
[edit]Borrowed from Latin serrātus, past participle of serrō.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɹˌeɪt/, /ˈsɛɹ.ət/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (verb) IPA(key): /səˈɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Adjective
[edit]serrate (comparative more serrate, superlative most serrate)
- Having tooth-like projections on one side, as in a saw.
- Many click beetles have serrate antennae.
- (botany) Of leaves: having tooth-like projections pointed away from the petiole.
Usage notes
[edit]Serrate is used in some scientific communities; for common usage, serrated is typically the more appropriate term.
Synonyms
[edit]- (saw-like): jagged, saw-toothed; see also Thesaurus:notched
Derived terms
[edit]Related terms
[edit]Translations
[edit]saw-like
having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
Verb
[edit]serrate (third-person singular simple present serrates, present participle serrating, simple past and past participle serrated)
- To make serrate.
- To cut or divide in a jagged way.
- 2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 59:
- I [...] set off to check the other sheltered valleys that serrate the east side of Lundy.
Translations
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[edit]French
[edit]Adjective
[edit]serrate (plural serrates)
Further reading
[edit]- “serrate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]serrate f
Etymology 2
[edit]Verb
[edit]serrate
- inflection of serrare:
Etymology 3
[edit]Participle
[edit]serrate f pl
Anagrams
[edit]Latin
[edit]Verb
[edit]serrāte
Spanish
[edit]Verb
[edit]serrate
- second-person singular voseo imperative of serrar combined with te
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