Vermiculate

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To adorn or decorate with wavy or winding lines.
  • adj. Bearing wavy, wormlike lines.
  • adj. Having a wormlike motion; twisting or wriggling.
  • adj. Sinuous; tortuous.
  • adj. Infested with worms; worm-eaten.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. to decorate with lines resembling the tracks of worms
  • adj. Like a worm; resembling a worm.
  • adj. Vermiculated.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To form or work, as by inlaying, with irregular lines or impressions resembling the tracks of worms, or appearing as if formed by the motion of worms.
  • adj. Wormlike in shape; covered with wormlike elevations; marked with irregular fine lines of color, or with irregular wavy impressed lines like worm tracks.
  • adj. Crawling or creeping like a worm; hence, insinuating; sophistical.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To become full of worms; be eaten by worms.
  • To ornament with winding and waving lines, as if caused by the movement of worms.
  • In zoöl.: Forming a vermiculation; fine, close-set, and wavy or tortuous, as color-marks; vermicular: as, vermiculate color-markings.
  • In entomology: Marked with tortuous impressions, as if worm-eaten, as the elytra of certain beetles; vermiculated. Having thick-set tufts of parallel hairs.
  • Full of worms; infested with worms; worm-eaten.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
  • v. decorate with wavy or winding lines
  • adj. decorated with wormlike tracery or markings
    • Equivalent
    worn    fancy   
    Verb Form
    vermiculated    vermiculating   
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    grace    decorate    beautify    ornament    adorn   
    Cross Reference
    vermiculated work    vermiculated mosaic   
    Form
    vermiculated    vermiculating   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    sophistical    sinuous   
     
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