acuminate

• Adjetivo usado principalmente em botânica e zoologia para descrever algo que se estreita gradualmente até terminar em ponta aguda, como uma folha ou estrutura afilada em ponta.

An obsolete adjective meaning tapering to a sharp point, typically used in botanical or zoological descriptions.

1. Tapering to a pointC2formal

   Describing a shape that gradually narrows to a sharp point, often used in botany for leaves or other plant parts.

   Acuminado

   • The leaf of this species is acuminate, tapering to a fine tip.
   • Botanists noted the acuminate shape of the petals.
   • The acuminate apex of the leaf distinguishes it from similar plants.

   Sinônimosacuteattenuatepointedsharpsharp-pointedtapering

   Antônimosbluntobtuseroundedtruncated

• Verbo pouco usado que significa tornar algo pontiagudo ou afiado, ou tornar-se agudo ou pontiagudo.

An obsolete verb meaning to sharpen or point something, or to become sharp or pointed.

1. To make sharp or pointedC2formal

   To cause something to become sharp, acute, or taper to a point.

   Acuminar

   • The craftsman acuminate the tip of the needle with a file.
   • The artist acuminate the pencil to draw fine lines.
   • The sculptor acuminate the edges of the marble statue.

   Sinônimospointsharpentaper

   Antônimosbluntdull

2. To taper to a point (botany)C2formalscientific

   Describes a leaf shape that narrows gradually to a slender point.

   Acuminar

   • The leaves of this plant acuminate at the tip.
   • Botanists note that the leaf shape acuminate in this species.
   • The specimen's leaves acuminate, distinguishing it from related varieties.

   Sinônimosattenuatetaper

   Antônimosbluntobtuserounded