quadrate

[kwod-rit, -reyt, kwod-reyt] / ˈkwɒd rɪt, -reɪt, ˈkwɒd reɪt /

VERB

agree

Synonyms

STRONG

accord answer blend check chime click concert concord consort equal fit jibe match parallel square suit tally

WEAK

attune be in harmony cohere coincide comport with concur conform consist correspond fall in with get along with go hand in hand go together go well with harmonize synchronize

Antonyms

STRONG

disagree question refuse separate

Example Sentences

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Foxes pause ghostlike on the permafrost.With one quadrate eye, the vault reflects a frigid blue sea.

From Scientific American • Jun. 14, 2022

Kemp, T. S. Acoustic transformer function of the postdentary bones and quadrate of a nonmammalian cynodont.

From Nature • Nov. 12, 2017

The malleus originated from the articular bone, whereas the incus originated from the quadrate bone.

From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015

In fishes it braced the articulation of the lower and upper jaws, the quadrate and articular bones.

From Slate • Jan. 27, 2014

It is with the quadrate bone also that the inferior maxillary articulates.

From Artistic Anatomy of Animals by Cuyer, ?douard