terebrate

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English

Etymology

From Latin terebratus, past participle of terebrare.

Pronunciation

  • (adjective) IPA(key): /ˈtɛɹɪbɹət/
  • (verb) IPA(key): /ˈtɛɹɪbɹeɪt/

Adjective

terebrate (not comparable)

  1. Provided with a borer.

Verb

terebrate (third-person singular simple present terebrates, present participle terebrating, simple past and past participle terebrated)

  1. To bore or perforate.

Usage notes

  • The present participle terebrating is applied mainly to mollusks that make holes in rocks, wood, etc. and to certain kinds of pain, especially those of locomotor ataxia.

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for “terebrate”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Italian

Etymology 1

Verb

terebrate

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

Etymology 2

Participle

terebrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of terebrato

Latin

Verb

terebrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of terebrō
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