Striate

4 definitions found

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

  Striate \Stri"ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Striated}; p. pr. & vb.
     n. {Striating}.] [See {Striate}, a.]
     To mark with striaae. "Striated longitudinally." --Owen.
     [1913 Webster] Striate

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



  Striate \Stri"ate\, Striated \Stri"a*ted\, a. [L. striatus, p.
     p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a
     channel.]
     Marked with striaae, or fine grooves, or lines of color;
     showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated
     crystal; striated muscular fiber.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  striate
       adj : marked with stria or striations
       v : mark with striae or striations

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

  116 Moby Thesaurus words for "striate":
     band, bar, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blaze, blaze a trail,
     blemish, blotch, brand, canal, canalize, carve, chalk, chalk up,
     chamfer, channel, check, check off, checker, chisel, cicatrize,
     corrugate, crack, crimp, cut, dado, dapple, dash, define, delimit,
     demarcate, dike, discolor, ditch, dot, engrave, flake, fleck,
     flute, freckle, furrow, gash, goffer, gouge, groove, gully,
     harlequin, hatch, impress, imprint, incise, iris, line, maculate,
     make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, motley,
     mottle, nick, notch, pencil, pepper, pleat, plow, point,
     polychrome, polychromize, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture,
     rabbet, rainbow, riddle, rifle, rut, scar, scarify, score, scotch,
     scratch, seal, seam, slit, spangle, speck, speckle, splotch, spot,
     sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigmatize, stipple, strake, streak,
     stripe, stud, tattoo, tessellate, tick, tick off, trace, trench,
     trough, underline, underscore, variegate, vein, wrinkle