Serrate

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Serrate \Ser"rate\, Serrated \Ser"ra*ted\, a. [L. serratus, fr.
     serra a saw; perhaps akin to secare to cut, E. saw a cutting
     instrument. Cf. {Sierra}.]
     1. Notched on the edge, like a saw.
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     2. (Bot.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards; as,
        serrate leaves.
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     {Doubly serrate}, having small serratures upon the large
        ones, as the leaves of the elm.
  
     {Serrate-ciliate}, having fine hairs, like the eyelashes, on
        the serratures; -- said of a leaf.
  
     {Serrate-dentate}, having the serratures toothed.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  serrate
       adj : notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex [syn:
              {serrated}, {saw-toothed}, {toothed}, {notched}]
       v : make saw-toothed or jag the edge of; "serrate the edges of
           the teeth"

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  91 Moby Thesaurus words for "serrate":
     V-shaped, Vandyke, Y-shaped, akimbo, angular, battlemented, bent,
     blaze, chop, chopped, cornered, corrugated, cragged, craggy,
     crenate, crenated, crenellate, crenellated, crenulate, crimp,
     crinkled, crooked, crotched, crumpled, cut, dentate, dentated,
     embrasured, erose, forked, furcal, furcate, gash, gashed,
     geniculate, geniculated, gravelly, harsh, hooked, incise, incised,
     indent, indented, ironbound, jag, jagged, jaggy, knee-shaped,
     knurl, lacerate, lacerated, machicolate, mill, nick, nicked, notch,
     notched, picot, pink, pointed, ragged, rockbound, rocky, rugged,
     rugose, rugous, saw-toothed, sawlike, sawtooth, scallop, scalloped,
     scarify, score, scored, scotch, scragged, scraggly, scraggy,
     serrated, serrulated, sharp, sharp-cornered, slash, snagged,
     snaggled, snaggy, stony, tooth, toothed, wrinkled, zigzag