reticulate

1.

/rɪˈtɪkjələt/

resembling or forming a network

2.

/rɪˈtɪkyəˌleɪt/

distribute by a network, as of water or electricity

Other forms: reticulated; reticulately; reticulating

To reticulate is to form a type of net or network.

Reticulating is an activity that creates a net or network. Linking a group of computers into a shared network reticulates them. A spider spinning a web is doing a form of reticulating. A businessperson making connections with many colleagues is reticulating by creating a social network with them. The key to any form of reticulating is that it makes connections: it links people or things in a type of net.

Definitions of reticulate (/rɪˈtɪkjələt/)

1. adjective

   resembling or forming a network
   “the reticulate veins of a leaf”

   “a reticulated highway system”

   synonyms: reticular

   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

   antonyms:

   nonreticulate

   not resembling or forming a network