sulcate

English

Etymology

From Latin sulcātus, perfect passive participle of sulcō (I plough, furrow).

Adjective

sulcate (comparative more sulcate, superlative most sulcate)

  1. Having deep, narrow sulci, grooves or furrows.
    • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 14:
      The infant's ossature, the thin and brindled bones along whose sulcate facets clove old shreds of flesh and cerements of tattered swaddle.

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Latin

Verb

sulcāte

  1. second-person plural present active imperative of sulcō

Spanish

Verb

sulcate

  1. second-person singular voseo imperative of sulcar combined with te
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