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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

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Borrowed from Latin serrātus, past participle of serrō.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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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

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

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Verb

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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

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Adjective

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serrate (plural serrates)

  1. serrate

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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serrate f

  1. plural of serrata

Etymology 2

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Verb

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serrate

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

Etymology 3

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Participle

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serrate f pl

  1. feminine plural of serrato

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Latin

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Verb

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serrāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of serrō

Spanish

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Verb

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serrate

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