striate

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   marked with narrow parallel lines, grooves, or ridges

   The cliff face was striate, with dark bands running through the basalt.

2. 2
   verb

   to mark a surface with narrow parallel lines, grooves, or ridges

   Moving ice can striate exposed rock with long parallel scratches.

Common collocations

• striate cortex Adjective + noun

From Latin striatus ("furrowed, grooved"), the past participle of striare or striāre ("to make grooves"), from stria ("furrow, channel"). English preserves both the adjective for a lined surface and the verb for producing those lines.

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