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RETICULATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Resembling or forming a network
Example:
a reticulated highway system
Synonyms:
reticular; reticulate
Classified under:
Similar:
cancellate; cancellated; clathrate (having a latticelike structure pierced with holes or windows)
crisscross; crisscrossed (marked with crossing lines)
fretted; interlaced; latticed; latticelike (having a pattern of fretwork or latticework)
interconnected; interrelated (reciprocally connected)
lacy; netlike; netted; webbed; webby; weblike (having open interstices or resembling a web)
meshed (resembling a network)
networklike (having a network of veins or ribs)
Antonym:
nonreticulate (not resembling or forming a network)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they reticulate ... he / she / it reticulates
Past simple: reticulated
Past participle: reticulated
-ing form: reticulating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Divide so as to form a network
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "reticulate" is one way to...):
form (assume a form or shape)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
reticulation ((photography) the formation of a network of cracks or wrinkles in a photographic emulsion)
reticulum (any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Distribute by a network, as of water or electricity
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "reticulate" is one way to...):
distribute (make available)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
reticulum (any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels))
Sense 3
Meaning:
Form a net or a network
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "reticulate" is one way to...):
change (undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
reticulation (an arrangement resembling a net or network)
reticulum (any fine network (especially one in the body composed of cells or blood vessels))
