serrate

English

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) IPA^(key): /ˈsɛɹˌeɪt/, /ˈsɛɹ.ət/

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• (verb) IPA^(key): /səˈɹeɪt/

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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.

Synonyms

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

Derived terms

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

Related terms

• dentate
• runcinate

Translations

saw-like

• Azerbaijani: dımrıqvari
• Bulgarian: назъбен (bg) (nazǎben)
• Czech: zubatý
• Dutch: gekarteld (nl)
• Finnish: sahamainen (fi)
• French: denté (fr) m, dentelé (fr) m
• Italian: dentellato (it)
• Maori: taratara

having a row of sharp or tooth-like projections

• Czech: zubatý
• Dutch: gekarteld (nl)
• Finnish: sahalaitainen (fi)
• French: denté (fr) m, dentelé (fr) m
• Maori: taratara

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.

Translations

to make serrate

• Bulgarian: назъбвам (bg) (nazǎbvam)
• Finnish: hammastaa
• Maori: whakatara

Anagrams

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

French

Adjective

serrate (plural serrates)

1. serrate

Further reading

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

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

Anagrams

• erraste, restare, resterà

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