Serrate
[serit]
Definition
(verb.) make saw-toothed or jag the edge of; 'serrate the edges of the teeth'.
(adj.) notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex .
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Definition
(a.) Alt. of Serrated
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Notched, indented, denticulated, cleft, divided, uneven (on the edges).
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Definition
adj. notched or cut like a saw: (bot.) having small sharp teeth along the margin.—n. Serrā′tion state of being serrated.—adj. Serratiros′tral saw-billed as a bird.—ns. Ser′rāture a notching like that between the teeth of a saw; Serrā′tus one of several muscles of the thorax.—adj. Ser′ricorn having separate antenn?—n.pl. Serrif′era a group of insects including the sawflies and horntails.—adjs. Serrif′erous having a serra or serrate organ; Ser′riform toothed like a saw; Ser′riped having the feet serrate; Serriros′trate having the bill serrated with tooth-like processes.—n. Ser′ro-mō′tor a steam reversing-gear in marine engines.—adj. Ser′rous like the teeth of a saw: rough.—n. Ser′rula one of the serrated appendages of the throat of the mudfish:—pl. Ser′rul?/span>.—adjs. Ser′rulate -d finely serrate.—ns. Serrulā′tion the state of being serrulate; Serrurerie′ ornamental wrought-metal work.
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Examples
- Three were the oval Mill bomb type, serrated, heavy iron with a spring level held down in position by a cotter pin with pulling rig attached. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- But the serrated type will lash easier and more securely. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
- The rim of his ear all around came to a sharp edge and was serrated. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- This was an endless steel belt serrated on one edge, mounted on pulleys, and driven continuously by the power of steam through the hardest and the heaviest work. William Henry Doolittle. Inventions in the Century.
- The edges of the lower mandible are serrated with teeth much more prominent, coarser and sharper than in the duck. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- This took him weeks of experimenting, but at last he found that a serrated edge of a certain pattern would produce the effect he wanted. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- The priming pan is fitted with a sliding cover, and a vertical wheel with a serrated edge projects into it, nearly in contact with the powder in the pan. Frederick C. Bakewell. Great Facts.
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