Reticulate (original) (raw)

I. (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Resembling or forming a networkplay

Example:

a reticulated highway system

Synonyms:

reticular; reticulate

Classified under:

Adjectives

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)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Divide so as to form a networkplay

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 electricityplay

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 networkplay

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))

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