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serrate

serrate


ser·rate    Audio Help   (sěr'āt')   

adj.  

  1. Having or forming a row of small sharp projections resembling the teeth of a saw: serrate teeth; a serrate talon.

  2. Having a saw-toothed edge or margin notched with toothlike projections: serrate leaves.

tr.v.   ser·rat·ed, ser·rat·ing, ser·rates
To make serrate or saw-toothed; jag the edge of.

[Latin serrātus, saw-shaped, from serra, saw.]
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