striate

[ verb strahy-eyt; adjective strahy-it, -eyt ]

verb (used with object)

, stri·at·ed, stri·at·ing.

1. to mark with striae; furrow; stripe; streak.

adjective

1. striated.

striate

adjective

1. marked with striae; striped

verb

1. tr to mark with striae

Other Words From

• multi·striate adjective
• sub·striate adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of striate¹

1660–70; < Latin striātus furrowed, fluted, equivalent to stri ( a ) ( stria ) + -ātus -ate ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of striate¹

C17: from Latin striāre to make grooves, from stria

Example Sentences

Visitors come to explore the Taroko Gorge, a striated marble canyon carved by the Liwu River, which cuts through mountains that rise steeply from the coast.

From New York Times

Made of clay, it was wedged above a human skull and surrounded by fragments of a striated wig.

From New York Times

But travel to the Falkland Islands near the Argentine coast, and you’ll find not parrots or crows but freakishly smart falcons called striated caracaras.

From New York Times

As I watched, he photographed a striated darter that didn't yet have a name, a Yellow Bass, an Orangefin Shiner and a giant crayfish discovered in 2011 in the very creek we were at.

From Scientific American

The brown striated cliffs, the Seven Devils to the southeast and coffee-colored mounds closer to the bottom provided a beautiful vista.

From Seattle Times