English Explanatory Dictionary

striate

English dictionary entry

Meanings

verb
  1. To mark something with striations.
adj
  1. striated
  2. Relating to the striate cortex of the brain

Pronunciation

/ˈstɹaɪ.ət/ /ˈstɹaɪ.eɪt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-striate.wav LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-striate2.wav

Word forms

striate striates striating striated more striate most striate

Etymology

From Latin striatum, past participle of strio (“to groove”).

Derived words

appressed-fibrillose-striate bistriate circumstriate corticostriate estriate extrastriate geniculostriate lenticulostriate metastriate microstriate multistriate nonstriate parastriate peristriate prestriate prostriate punctate-striate semistriate striatal striately striate-punctate substriate thalamostriate
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