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imbricate
[ adjective im-bri-kit, -keyt; verb im-bri-keyt ]
adjective
- overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
- of, relating to, or resembling overlapping tiles, as decoration or drawings.
- Biology. overlapping like tiles, as scales or leaves.
- characterized by or as if by overlapping shingles.
verb (used with or without object)
- to overlap, as tiles or shingles.
imbricate
adjective
- architect relating to or having tiles, shingles, or slates that overlap
- botany (of leaves, scales, etc) overlapping each other
verb
- tr to decorate with a repeating pattern resembling scales or overlapping tiles
Derived Forms
- ˌˈپDz, noun
- ˈٱ, adverb
Other 51Թ Forms
- b·ٱ· adverb
- b·t adjective
- ԴDz·b·ٱ adjective
- non·b·ٱ· adverb
- ԴDz·b·e adjective
- ԴDz·b·iԲ adjective
- non·b·t adjective
- ܲ·b·ٱ adjective
- sub·b·ٱ· adverb
- ܲ·b·e adjective
- sub·b·t adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of imbricate1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of imbricate1
Example Sentences
Once home to a bustling trade route, the region bears the marks of Morocco’s imbricated faiths and folkways.
The pronouncer told her it meant a genus of tropical Asiatic and Australian trees having pinnate leaves with imbricated petals.
Long and lithe, complexly imbricated, strange: Here is contact.
There are a few of note, including Arpita Singh, an Indian artist born a decade before partition, whose forceful, thickly daubed paintings of fleshy and contorted women imbricate mythic and everyday imagery.
Space travel was imbricated with science fiction, with dreams of heroic courage that continue to fuel unscientific fantasies.
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