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VERMICULATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Decorated with wormlike tracery or markings
Example:
vermicular (or vermiculated) stonework
Synonyms:
vermicular; vermiculate; vermiculated
Classified under:
Similar:
fancy (not plain; decorative or ornamented)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Infested with or damaged (as if eaten) by worms
Synonyms:
vermiculate; worm-eaten; wormy
Classified under:
Similar:
worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they vermiculate ... 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)
