articulate

noun

An animal of the subkingdom Articulata.

1. Clear; effective.
2. Speaking in a clear and effective manner.

   She’s a bright, articulate young woman.

3. Consisting of segments united by joints.

   The robot arm was articulate in two directions.

4. Distinctly marked off.

   an articulate period in history

5. Expressed in articles or in separate items or particulars.
6. (of sound) Related to human speech, as distinct from the vocalisation of animals.

1. To make clear or effective.
2. To speak clearly; to enunciate.

   I wish he’d articulate his words more clearly.

3. To explain; to put into words; to make something specific.

   I like this painting, but I can’t articulate why.

4. To bend or hinge something at intervals, or to allow or build something so that it can bend.

   an articulated bus

5. To attack a note, as by tonguing, slurring, bowing, etc.

   Articulate that passage heavily.

6. To form a joint or connect by joints

   The lower jaw articulates with the skull at the temporomandibular joint.

7. To treat or make terms.