serrated

serrated

English

Etymology

Past participle of serrate, From Latinserratus (“saw shaped”), from serra (“saw”).

Adjective

serrated (not comparable)

1. saw-like.

   That knife has a serrated blade.

2. Having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections.

   Maple leaves have serrated edges.

Synonyms

• jagged

Translations

saw-like

Czech: zubatý Dutch: gekarteld (nl) Finnish: sahalaitainen (fi) French: denté (fr) m, dentelé (fr) m Italian: seghettato (it), dentellato (it) Japanese: 鋸歯状 (こはじょう, kohajō)

Navajo: doolghas Persian: دندانه‌دار‎ (dandâne-dâr) Portuguese: serrado (pt) Serbo-Croatian: nazubljen Spanish: acerruchado

Having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections

Bulgarian: назъбен (bg) (nazáben) Czech: zubatý Dutch: gekarteld (nl) Finnish: sahalaitainen (fi) French: denté (fr) m, dentelé (fr) m Italian: seghettato (it), dentellato (it)

Japanese: 鋸歯状 (こはじょう, kohajō) Navajo: doolghas Persian: دندانه‌دار‎ (dandâne-dâr) Portuguese: serrado (pt) Serbo-Croatian: reckast Swedish: sågtandad, sågad (sv)

Verb

serrated

1. simple past tense and past participle of serrate

Anagrams

• arrested, dearrest, drearest, rastered, retrades, retreads, treaders