TEREBRATE

Etymology

Adjective

terebrate (not comparable)

Provided with a borer.

Verb

terebrate (third-person singular simple present terebrates, present participle terebrating, simple past and past participle terebrated)

To bore or perforate.

Usage notes

• The present participle terebrating is applied mainly to mollusks that make holes in rocks, wood, etc. and to certain kinds of pain, especially those of locomotor ataxia.

Source: Wiktionary


Ter"e*brate, v. t. Etym: [L. terebratus, p.p. of terebrare, from terebra a borer, terere to rub.]

Definition: To perforate; to bore; to pierce. [R.] Sir T. Browne.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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