striate
Other forms: striated; striating; striates
If a field is plowed into furrows, it's striated — or, technically, it's marked with striae, which are stripes or grooves.
When you see striate, think of stripes. When a child uses a fork to make a row of stripes in her play-dough, she's striating it. A striated rock surface might show evidence of the movement of glaciers thousands of years ago. Striated muscle has a striped appearance.
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marked with stria or striations
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mark with striae or striationstype of:markmake or leave a mark on
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