striated
[strahy-ey-tid]
adjective
marked with striae; furrowed; striped; streaked.
Origin of striated
striate
[verb strahy-eyt; adjective strahy-it, -eyt]
verb (used with object), stri·at·ed, stri·at·ing.
adjective
Origin of striate
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019
Related Words for striated
smear, spot, daub, band, fleck, stripe, slash, variegate, dapple, marble, vein, strakeExamples from the Web for striated
Historical Examples of striated
His striated eyeballs had a vitreous look; they were as hard as marbles.
When Egypt Went BrokeHolman Day
The striated muscle is "the most perfect dynamo we know of" (Verworn).
The Wonders of LifeErnst Haeckel
Some species are striated, ribbed, or tuberculated, but the generality are smooth.
A Conchological ManualGeorge Brettingham Sowerby
It is at first ovate or bell-shaped, then expanding; striated.
These muscles are not striated, as they are in the Arthropoda.
striate
adjective (ˈstraɪɪt) striated
verb (ˈstraɪeɪt)
Word Origin for striate
C17: from Latin striāre to make grooves, from stria
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
striate
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
striate
[strī′āt′]
v.
adj.
The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company.