Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Having a saw-toothed edge or margin notched with toothlike projections.
- adjective Forming a row of small sharp projections resembling the teeth of a saw.
- transitive verb To make (something) serrate.
from The Century Dictionary.
- To render serrate; notch like a saw.
- Notched on the edge like a saw; toothed; specifically, in botany, having small sharp teeth along the margin, pointing toward the apex: as, a serrate leaf.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Notched on the edge, like a saw.
- adjective (Bot.) Beset with teeth pointing forwards or upwards.
- adjective having small serratures upon the large ones, as the leaves of the elm.
- adjective having fine hairs, like the eyelashes, on the serratures; -- said of a leaf.
- adjective having the serratures toothed.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Having
tooth -likeprojections on one side, as in asaw . - adjective botany (leaves) Having tooth-like projections pointed away from the
petiole . - verb To make serrate.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective notched like a saw with teeth pointing toward the apex
- verb make saw-toothed or jag the edge of
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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