"lacerate" meaning in English

See lacerate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /ˈlæ.sɚ.ɛɪt/, /ˈlæ.sɚ.ət/ Audio: En-us-lacerate.ogg
Etymology: From Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacerātus, past participle of lacerō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|laceraten}} Middle English laceraten, {{der|en|la|lacerātus}} Latin lacerātus Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} lacerate (not comparable)
  1. (botany) Jagged, as if torn or lacerated. Tags: not-comparable Categories (topical): Botany
    Sense id: en-lacerate-en-adj-Av030SZ9 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Ancient Greek translations, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Latin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 74 6 19 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 81 10 9 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 73 14 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ancient Greek translations: 69 6 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 69 9 22 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 70 16 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 82 10 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Latin translations: 80 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 71 9 20 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 80 11 9 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 77 13 10 Topics: biology, botany, natural-sciences

Verb

IPA: /ˈlæ.sɚ.ɛɪt/, /ˈlæ.sɚ.ət/ Audio: En-us-lacerate.ogg Forms: lacerates [present, singular, third-person], lacerating [participle, present], lacerated [participle, past], lacerated [past]
Etymology: From Middle English laceraten, from Latin lacerātus, past participle of lacerō. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|laceraten}} Middle English laceraten, {{der|en|la|lacerātus}} Latin lacerātus Head templates: {{en-verb}} lacerate (third-person singular simple present lacerates, present participle lacerating, simple past and past participle lacerated)
  1. (transitive) To tear, rip or wound. Tags: transitive Translations (To tear, rip or wound): ἑλκόω (helkóō) (Ancient Greek), ἀμύσσω (amússō) (Ancient Greek), разкъсвам (razkǎsvam) (Bulgarian), раздирам (razdiram) (Bulgarian), lacérer (French), lacerar (Ido), lacerō (Latin), whakangaeke (Maori), haehae (Maori), hae (Maori), раздирать (razdiratʹ) (Russian), рвать (rvatʹ) (Russian), ра́нить (ránitʹ) (Russian), lacerar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-lacerate-en-verb-tFtWE-1z Disambiguation of 'To tear, rip or wound': 100 0
  2. (transitive) To defeat thoroughly; to thrash. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lacerate-en-verb-W2SWdN5w

Inflected forms

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-08 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (bb46d54 and 0c3c9f6). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.