Striate

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  • transitive verb. To mark with striae or striations.
  • adjective. Marked with striae; striped, grooved, or ridged.
  • adjective. Consisting of a stria or striae.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Of or pertaining to the corpus striatum.
  • To mark with striæ; cause striation in; score; stripe.
  • Striped or streaked; marked with striæ; scored with fine lines; striped, as muscle; striated.
  • Having a thread-like form.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To mark with striaæ.
  • adjective. Marked with striaæ, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To mark something with striations.
  • adjective. striated.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. mark with striae or striations
  • adjective. marked with stria or striations
  • Word Usage
    "The apparent tilt of the mortar lines is caused by orientation-sensitive simple cells in the striate cortex."
    Equivalent
    striated  
    Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    mark  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    band  bar  bespangle  bespeckle  bespot  
    verb-form