serrate

Borrowed from Latin serrātus, past participle of serrō.

• (adjective) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɹˌeɪt/, /ˈsɛɹ.ət/

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  • Rhymes: -ɛɹət
• (verb) IPA^(key): /səˈɹeɪt/

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  • Rhymes: -eɪt

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.

Serrate is used in some scientific communities; for common usage, serrated is typically the more appropriate term.

• (saw-like): jagged, saw-toothed; see also Thesaurus:notched

• biserrate
• retroserrate
• serrate-ciliate
• serrate-dentate
• serrulate
• subserrate

• dentate
• runcinate

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.

• Resetar, rearest, rearset, rerates, retears, tearers

serrate (plural serrates)

1. serrate

• “serrate”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

serrate f

1. plural of serrata

serrate

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

serrate f pl

1. feminine plural of serrato

• erraste, restare, resterà

serrāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of serrō

serrate

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