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• The tree has highly serrated and venous leaves.From the entry venous
• That knife has a serrated blade.From the entry serrated
• Squeezing two handles together pressed a serrated drive wheel against the can rim.1974, Rudolf F. Graf with George J. Whalen, How it works, illustrated: everyday devices and mechanisms, page 38. From the entry drive wheel
• The butchering itself was rough and inexpert, conducted rapidly with a serrated knife on the side of the road.2026 April 21, Cal Flyn, “On the trail with the hunters who believe shooting big game can save Africa’s wildlife”, in The Guardian. From the entry portion out
• In some cases the leather has to be decorated with perforations while its edges may be serrated or gimped.1978, John Geraint Jenkins, Traditional Country Craftsmen, page 232. From the entry gimp
• The clue lies in the valanced - or serrated - white wooden station canopies, which give some of the stops a country branch air.2012, Andrew Martin, Underground Overground: A passenger's history of the Tube, Profile Books, →ISBN, page 80. From the entry valanced
• One of those things with a wooden handle and garishly serrated edges, used by guys with names like Cletus or Bobby Ray.2011, Veronica Wolff, Isle of Night: The Watchers, Penguin, →ISBN. From the entry Cletus
• This tower was my haunt, my eyrie, my silent kingdom, and the serrated peaks of Darkling lurked out of sight below the horizon.2010, Steph Swainston, Above the Snowline, Gollancz, →ISBN. From the entry fissle
• They swung dark blue, serrated swords that hooked into fang-like curves, and a fine mesh of chainmails that rattled around their waists.2000, Dan Abnett, Nik Vincent, James Wallis, “A Wolf in the Fold”, in Hammers of Ulric (A Warhammer Novel), Nottingham, Nottinghamshire…. From the entry chainmail
• Mostly subcanopy trees distinguished by evenly serrate, minutely pellucid-punctate leaves (A few species are virtually entire and a few nonpunctuate, but never both).1993, Alwyn H[oward] Gentry, “Flacourtiaceae”, in A Field Guide to the Families and Genera of Woody Plants of Northwest South America…. From the entry nonpunctuate
• The sun-god, Shamash, is shown as a bearded man with rays flaring from his shoulders, cutting his way through the eastern horizon with his characteristic serrated knife.1998, John H. Roger, “Origins of the ancient constellations: I. The Mesopotamian traditions”, in Journal of the British Astronomy…. From the entry serrated
• Out of the handles flipped the smooth blade and the serrated blade, which was dangerously sharp, the flathead screwdrivers, the Phillips screwdriver, the can opener, the awl.1997, Christopher Dickey, Innocent Blood: A Novel, →ISBN, page 91. From the entry smooth
• Showing off a serrated pineapple tart mould at the hefty price of $50, Asmond says: "This is my idea, but the mould is designed and cut by computer."1983 February 8, “Traditional tinsmith”, in Singapore Monitor, Singapore, retrieved 29 Oct 2017. From the entry pineapple tart
• It was serrated, and between two spears of rock, directly in line with his position, showed a zigzag crack that at night would let through the gleam of sky.1912 January, Zane Grey, “Surprise Valley”, in Riders of the Purple Sage […], New York, N.Y.; London: Harper & Brothers Publishers, →OCLC…. From the entry zigzag
• Among peirosaurids, the hypertrophied, labiolingually slightly flattened teeth of the North African Albian Hamadasuchus are the most similar to the specimen described here in having labial fluting and serrated carinae.2015, Attila Ősi et al., “An enigmatic crocodyliform tooth from the bauxites of western Hungary suggests hidden mesoeucrocodylian…. From the entry labiolingually
• The earliest nimravids, Dinictis and Hoplophoneus of western North America, were already saber-toothed, with large, serrated, and laterally compressed upper canine teeth and a protective bony flange on the mandible.2006, Kenneth D. Rose, The Beginning of the Age of Mammals, unnumbered page. From the entry nimravid
• Mortal combat and decapitation are suggested by the eight skillfully and gracefully engraved heads depicted here with their serrated necks, the prominent arrowheads, and the agnathic or jawless head regalia.2004, David H. Dye, “Art, Ritual, and Chiefly Warfare in the Mississippian World”, in Hero, Hawk, and Open Hand, Art Institute of Chicago…. From the entry agnathic
• A hexagonal roll, with a row of teeth, about six inches long, abstruding from each of the sides of the hexagon; or a serrated board in place of the teeth.1919, Straits Settlements. Dept, “Bulletin”, in Agriculture. From the entry abstrude

Meaning of serrate

1. adjective Having tooth-like projections on one side, as in a saw.
2. adjective Of leaves: having tooth-like projections pointed away from the petiole.
3. verb To make serrate.

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How do you use serrate in a sentence?

Serrate is used as an adjective and verb. For example: “Many click beetles have serrate antennae.”

What is a short sentence with serrate?

“Many click beetles have serrate antennae.”

What does serrate mean?

Serrate means having tooth-like projections on one side, as in a saw.