Meanings
comparative more serrate · superlative most serrate
- biologyOf leaves: having tooth-like projections pointed away from the petiole.
present singular third person serrates · participle present serrating · participle past serrated · past serrated
- To make serrate.
- To cut or divide in a jagged way.
I [...] set off to check the other sheltered valleys that serrate the east side of Lundy.
2000, Bill Oddie, Gripping Yarns, page 59
Synonyms & antonyms
saw-like
adjectivenotched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
- Latinserrātus
- Englishserrate
Borrowed from Latin serrātus, past participle of serrō.
More words from Latin
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Bulgarian назъбен, назъбвам
- назъбен (nazăben)saw-like
- назъбвам (nazăbvam)to make serrate
Czech zubatý, pilovitý
- zubatýsaw-like
- pilovitýsaw-like
- zubatýhaving a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
Dutch gekarteld, gekarteld
- gekarteldsaw-like
- gekarteldhaving a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
Finnish sahamainen, sahalaitainen
- sahamainensaw-like
- sahalaitainenhaving a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
- hammastaato make serrate
French denté, dentelé
- dentésaw-like
- dentelésaw-like
- dentéhaving a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
- denteléhaving a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
Italian dentellato
- dentellatosaw-like
Māori taratara, taratara
- taratarasaw-like
- taratarahaving a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
- whakatarato make serrate
Polish pilasty, ząbkowany
- pilastysaw-like
- ząbkowanyhaving a row of sharp or tooth-like projections
- ząbkowaćto make serrate
Rhymes & wordplay
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Cite this entry
serrate. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serrate
“serrate.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serrate. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “serrate,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/serrate.
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