serrate
English
The serrated edges of tiger shark teeth
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A hunting knife with a serrated back edge
Serrated leaves of the stinging nettle, Urtica dioica
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin serrātus, past participle of serrō.
Pronunciation
- (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈsɛɹˌeɪt/, /ˈsɛɹ.ət/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (verb) IPA(key): /səˈɹeɪt/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
Adjective
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
Serrate is used in some scientific communities; for common usage, serrated is typically the more appropriate term.
Synonyms
- (saw-like): jagged, saw-toothed; see also Thesaurus:notched
Derived terms
- biserrate
- retroserrate
- serrulate
- subserrate
Related terms
- dentate
- runcinate
Translations
saw-like
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having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
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Verb
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.
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Translations
to make serrate
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Anagrams
- Resetar, rearest, rearset, rerates, retears, tearers
French
Adjective
serrate (plural serrates)
- serrate
Further reading
- “serrate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
Noun
serrate f
- plural of serrata
Verb
serrate
- inflection of serrare:
- second-person plural present indicative
- second-person plural imperative
Participle
serrate f pl
- feminine plural of serrato
Anagrams
- erraste, restare, resterà
Latin
Verb
serrāte
- second-person plural present active imperative of serrō