acuminate
Americanadjective
verb (used with object)
adjective
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of acuminate
1595–1605; < Latin acūminātus (past participle of acūmināre ), equivalent to acūmin- (stem of acūmen ) acumen + -ātus -ate 1
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
See Examples For:
Another species in crisis is the acuminate crayfish, which is unique to Montgomery and Prince George’s counties, experts said, and found largely in the Anacostia watershed.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 22, 2021
A series of fortunate events brought me to a floor somewhere in the mid-twenties of London’s most acuminate skyscraper, the 72-storey, 306-metre Shard.
From The Guardian ● Jun. 9, 2014
Caudex much branched; pod glabrous, acuminate or acute, twisted, beaked with a longer distinct style.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Perianth narrowly bell-shaped, lily-like, deciduous; the 6 distinct sepals spatulate-lanceolate, acuminate, obtusely gibbous at base, with a deep honey-bearing groove within bordered on each side by a callus-like ridge.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Stems 2–8° high; leaves lanceolate; involucral scales acuminate; pappus of few or many minute bristles and 2 awns or none.
From The Manual of the Botany of the Northern United States Including the District East of the Mississippi and North of North Carolina and Tennessee by Gray, Asa
Mandibles, with three teeth, of which the first is distant from the second; inferior angle not much acuminated, pectinated on both edges.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Mandibles, with four large, pointed, equal-sized teeth, with the inferior angle very narrow, acuminated like a single spine.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
Upper and lower points rounded; in rare varieties, both ends are sharply acuminated.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
The two middle feathers of the acuminated tail greatly exceed the others in length, measuring five inches.
From Argentine Ornithology, Volume I (of 2) A descriptive catalogue of the birds of the Argentine Republic. by Hudson, W. H. (William Henry)
Cuspidate: prickly pointed; ending in a sharp point; with an acuminated point ending in a bristle.
From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
