striate

• POS: Adjective, Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: stri=ate

CIDE DICTIONARY

striate, v. t. [See Striate, a.].

 To mark with striaæ.  Owen.  [1913 Webster]

striate, a. [L. striatus, p. p. of striare to furnish with channels, from stria a channel.].

 Marked with striaæ, or fine grooves, or lines of color; showing narrow structural bands or lines; as, a striated crystal; striated muscular fiber.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

striate, adj. & v.
--adj. (also striated) Anat., Zool., Bot., & Geol. marked with striae.
--v.tr. mark with striae.

Derivative

striation n.

THESAURUS

striate

band, bar, bespangle, bespeckle, bespot, blaze, blaze a trail, blemish, blotch, brand, canal, canalize, carve, chalk, chalk up, chamfer, channel, check, check off, checker, chisel, cicatrize, corrugate, crack, crimp, cut, dado, dapple, dash, define, delimit, demarcate, dike, discolor, ditch, dot, engrave, flake, fleck, flute, freckle, furrow, gash, goffer, gouge, groove, gully, harlequin, hatch, impress, imprint, incise, iris, line, maculate, make a mark, marble, marbleize, mark, mark off, mark out, motley, mottle, nick, notch, pencil, pepper, pleat, plow, point, polychrome, polychromize, prick, print, punch, punctuate, puncture, rabbet, rainbow, riddle, rifle, rut, scar, scarify, score, scotch, scratch, seal, seam, slit, spangle, speck, speckle, splotch, spot, sprinkle, stain, stamp, stigmatize, stipple, strake, streak, stripe, stud, tattoo, tessellate, tick, tick off, trace, trench, trough, underline, underscore, variegate, vein, wrinkle