siderate noun 1verb 1forms 3 noun1 •A plant that is grown alongside a crop in order to improve its growth; A companion crop.The annual and perennial lupine and sweet clover may be regarded as the best siderates. — 1964 verb1 •To strike down or incapacitate.This is done in order to put the horse in a state of action inhibition (i.e. siderating the animal) before putting the saddle on and mounting. — 2001 formssiderated · siderating · siderates