"encrust" meaning in English

See encrust in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ɪŋˈkɹʌst/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-encrust.wav [Southern-England] Forms: encrusts [present, singular, third-person], encrusting [participle, present], encrusted [participle, past], encrusted [past]
Rhymes: -ʌst Etymology: From French incruster, from Latin incrustare, from in- (“in”) + crustare (“to cover with a crust”). See crust. Etymology templates: {{der|en|fr|incruster}} French incruster, {{der|en|la|incrustare}} Latin incrustare, {{m|la|in-||in}} in- (“in”), {{m|la|crustare||to cover with a crust}} crustare (“to cover with a crust”), {{m|en|crust}} crust Head templates: {{en-verb}} encrust (third-person singular simple present encrusts, present participle encrusting, simple past and past participle encrusted)
  1. (transitive) To cover with a hard crust. Tags: transitive Translations (To cover with a hard crust): хващам кора (hvaštam kora) (Bulgarian), incrustar (Catalan), encroûter (French), encrouter (French), überkrusten (German), verkrusten (German), incrūstō (Latin), skjerpe (Norwegian), brune (Norwegian), incrustar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-encrust-en-verb-JI4KTC8B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of 'To cover with a hard crust': 81 18 1
  2. (intransitive) To form a crust. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-encrust-en-verb-gOdwFK4F Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 33 38
  3. (transitive) To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object. Tags: transitive Translations (To inset or affix decorative material): инкрустирам (inkrustiram) (Bulgarian), incrustar (Catalan), incruster (French), kiver (Hungarian)
    Sense id: en-encrust-en-verb-E~FtT~yd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 29 33 38 Disambiguation of 'To inset or affix decorative material': 3 3 94
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: incrust

Inflected forms

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