serrate

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The serrated edges of tiger shark teeth
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

serrate (comparative more serrate, superlative most serrate)

  1. Having tooth-like projections on one side, as in a saw.
    Many click beetles have serrate antennae.
  2. (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.

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Verb

serrate (third-person singular simple present serrates, present participle serrating, simple past and past participle serrated)

  1. To make serrate.
  2. 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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French

Adjective

serrate (plural serrates)

  1. serrate

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Italian

Etymology 1

Noun

serrate f

  1. plural of serrata

Etymology 2

Verb

serrate

  1. inflection of serrare:
    1. second-person plural present indicative
    2. second-person plural imperative

Etymology 3

Participle

serrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of serrato

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Latin

Verb

serrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of serrō

Spanish

Verb

serrate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of serrar combined with te