serrate
[adjective ser-eyt, -it; verb ser-eyt, suh-reyt]
adjective
Chiefly Biology. notched on the edge like a saw: a serrate leaf.
Numismatics. (of a coin) having a grooved edge.
verb (used with object), ser·rat·ed, ser·rat·ing.
to make serrate or serrated: He serrated the knives so they would cut meat easily.
RELATED WORDS
Origin of serrate
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Examples from the Web for serrate
Historical Examples of serrate
The cone-scales are very small, but the bracts are large, thick, and serrate.
Trees of the Northern United StatesAustin C. Apgar
The serrate pines on my horizon are not the pickets of a great pen.
The Face of the FieldsDallas Lore Sharp
If not entire it may be toothed, serrate (sawlike), crenate or wavy.
Field and Woodland PlantsWilliam S. Furneaux
The leaves are opposite, elliptical, serrate, with short stalks.
Field and Woodland PlantsWilliam S. Furneaux
Its leaves are large, flat, oval or oblong, with serrate edges.
Field and Woodland PlantsWilliam S. Furneaux
serrate
adjective (ˈsɛrɪt, -eɪt)
verb (səˈreɪt)
Word Origin for serrate
C17: from Latin serrātus saw-shaped, from serra a saw
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
serrate
[sĕr′āt′]
adj.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.