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IMBRICATE
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
Synonyms:
imbricate; imbricated
Classified under:
Similar:
rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)
Domain category:
botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they imbricate ... he / she / it imbricates
Past simple: imbricated
Past participle: imbricated
-ing form: imbricating
Sense 1
Meaning:
Overlap
Example:
The roof tiles imbricate
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "imbricate" is one way to...):
overlap (extend over and cover a part of)
Verb group:
imbricate (place so as to overlap)
Sentence frame:
Something ----s
Derivation:
imbrication (covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles))
Sense 2
Meaning:
Place so as to overlap
Example:
imbricate the roof tiles
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "imbricate" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Verb group:
imbricate (overlap)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Derivation:
imbrication (covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles))
