terebrate

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/ˈtɛɹɪbɹət//ˈtɛɹɪbɹeɪt/

adjective

Provided with a borer.

OriginLatin terebratus →
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Meanings

adjectiveterebrate (not comparable)
  1. not comparableProvided with a borer.
verbterebrate (third-person singular simple present terebrates, present participle terebrating, simple past and past participle terebrated)

present singular third person terebrates · participle present terebrating · participle past terebrated · past terebrated

  1. To bore or perforate.

    the threefold effect of Jupiter's trisulk , to burn , discuss , and terebrate

    1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinterebratus
  2. Englishterebrate

From Latin terebratus, past participle of terebrare.

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APA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “terebrate,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/terebrate.

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