LACERATED

lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn

(adjective) having edges that are jagged from injury

lacerate, lacerated

(adjective) irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; “lacerate leaves”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Adjective

lacerated (comparative more lacerated, superlative most lacerated)

Having lacerations

Verb

lacerated

simple past tense and past participle of lacerate

Anagrams

• caldereta

Source: Wiktionary


Lac"er*ate, Lac"er*a`ted, p. a. Etym: [L. laceratus, p. p.]

1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate Southey.

2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)

Definition: Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.

LACERATE

Lac"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lacerating ().] Etym: [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. slay.]

Definition: To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart.

Lac"er*ate, Lac"er*a`ted, p. a. Etym: [L. laceratus, p. p.]

1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. By each other's fury lacerate Southey.

2. (Bot. & Zoöl.)

Definition: Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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