sulcate

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English

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Etymology

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From Latin sulcātus, perfect passive participle of sulcō (I plough, furrow).

Adjective

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sulcate (comparative more sulcate, superlative most sulcate)

  1. Having deep, narrow sulci, grooves or furrows.
    • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 14:
      The infant's ossature, the thin and brindled bones along whose sulcate facets clove old shreds of flesh and cerements of tattered swaddle.

Derived terms

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References

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  • sulcate”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

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Latin

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Verb

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sulcāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of sulcō

Spanish

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Verb

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sulcate

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