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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (2)

1. irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn;
- Example: "lacerate leaves"
[syn: lacerate, lacerated]

2. having edges that are jagged from injury;
[syn: lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, Lacerated \Lac"er*a`ted\, p. a. [L. laceratus, p. p.] 1. Rent; torn; mangled; as, a lacerated wound. [1913 Webster] By each other's fury lacerate --Southey. [1913 Webster] 2. (Bot. & Zool.) Jagged, or slashed irregularly, at the end, or along the edge. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

lacerated \lacerated\ adj. torn roughly; -- of skin. Syn: mangled, torn. [WordNet 1.5]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Lacerate \Lac"er*ate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Lacerated; p. pr. & vb. n. Lacerating.] [L. laceratus, p. p. of lacerare to lacerate, fr. lacer mangled, lacerated; cf. Gr. ? a rent, rending, ? to tear; perh. akin to E. slay.] To tear; to rend; to separate by tearing; to mangle; as, to lacerate the flesh. Hence: To afflict; to torture; as, to lacerate the heart. [1913 Webster] Lacerate
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

lacerated adj 1: irregularly slashed and jagged as if torn; "lacerate leaves" [syn: lacerate, lacerated] 2: having edges that are jagged from injury [syn: lacerate, lacerated, mangled, torn]