Associations to the word «Acuminate»
Wiktionary
ACUMINATE, adjective. Tapering to a point; pointed.
ACUMINATE, adjective. (botany) (mycology) Tapering to a long point at its apex.
ACUMINATE, verb. (transitive) To render sharp or keen; to sharpen.
ACUMINATE, verb. (intransitive) To end in or come to a sharp point.
Dictionary definition
ACUMINATE, verb. Make sharp or acute; taper; make (something) come to a point.
ACUMINATE, adjective. (of a leaf shape) narrowing to a slender point.
Wise words
It is better wither to be silent, or to say things of more
value than silence. Sooner throw a pearl at hazard than an
idle or useless word; and do not say a little in many words,
but a great deal in a few.