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VERMICULATE
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Dictionary entry overview: What does vermiculate mean?
• VERMICULATE (adjective)
The adjective VERMICULATE has 2 senses:
1. infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
2. decorated with wormlike tracery or markings
Familiarity information: VERMICULATE used as an adjective is rare.
• VERMICULATE (verb)
The verb VERMICULATE has 1 sense:
1. decorate with wavy or winding lines
Familiarity information: VERMICULATE used as a verb is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
Synonyms:
vermiculate; worm-eaten; wormy
Similar:
worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Decorated with wormlike tracery or markings
Synonyms:
vermicular; vermiculate; vermiculated
Context example:
vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework
Similar:
fancy (not plain; decorative or ornamented)
| Conjugation: |
... he / she / it vermiculates Past simple: vermiculated
Past participle: vermiculated
-ing form: vermiculating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Decorate with wavy or winding lines
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "vermiculate" is one way to...):
adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
vermiculation (a decoration consisting of wormlike carvings)
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