serrate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   having a saw-like edge with a row of sharp, tooth-like projections, especially of a leaf

   The botanist identified the plant by its serrate leaf margins.

2. 2
   verb

   to form, cut, or divide with a saw-like or jagged edge

   The machine can serrate the blade's edge in seconds.

Borrowed from Latin serratus 'saw-shaped,' the past participle of serrare 'to saw,' from serra 'saw.'

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