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adjective
- 1. marked with striae: "the striate cortex"
verb
- 1. mark with striae: "you can emboss, pierce, or striate wood"
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Striate is a verb meaning to mark with striations or striae, or an adjective meaning striated. See examples of striate in sentences, word history, synonyms, and related entries.
Striate means marked with striae, or stripes, or furrows. It can be used as a verb or an adjective. Learn more about its usage, history and synonyms from Dictionary.com.
STRIATE definition: 1. having long, thin lines, marks, or strips of colour: 2. to create long, thin lines, marks, or…. Learn more.
When you see striate, think of stripes. When a child uses a fork to make a row of stripes in her play-dough, she's striating it. A striated rock surface might show evidence of the movement of glaciers thousands of years ago. Striated muscle has a striped appearance.
Striate means marked with striae or striations, or consisting of a stria or striae. It can be used as an adjective or a verb. See different sources, synonyms, and usage examples of striate.
striate in American English. (ˈstraɪˌeɪt ; for adj., usually, ˈstraɪɪt ) verb transitive Word forms: ˈstriˌated or ˈstriˌating. 1. to mark with striae; stripe, band, furrow, etc. adjective. 2. marked with striae. said esp. of muscles which control the skeleton: also ˈstriˌated.
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