"imbricate" meaning in English

See imbricate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|imbricātus||tiled}} Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} imbricate (not comparable)
  1. Alternative form of imbricated (“overlapping”) Tags: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable Alternative form of: imbricated (extra: overlapping)
    Sense id: en-imbricate-en-adj-k6gixIXM Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Bulgarian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Icelandic translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Spanish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 54 14 33 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 54 16 30 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 48 9 19 11 13 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 60 7 15 8 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Bulgarian translations: 64 15 21 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 67 10 23 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 59 16 25 Disambiguation of Terms with Icelandic translations: 67 10 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 69 9 22 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 66 12 22

Verb

Forms: imbricates [present, singular, third-person], imbricating [participle, present], imbricated [participle, past], imbricated [past]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”). Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|la|imbricātus||tiled}} Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”) Head templates: {{en-verb}} imbricate (third-person singular simple present imbricates, present participle imbricating, simple past and past participle imbricated)
  1. (transitive or intransitive) To overlap in a regular pattern. Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (overlap in a regular pattern): нареждам със застъпване (nareždam sǎs zastǎpvane) (Bulgarian), imbricar (Catalan), imbriquer (French), skara (Icelandic), imbricar (Portuguese), imbricar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-imbricate-en-verb-MwXNNZuk Disambiguation of 'overlap in a regular pattern': 97 3
  2. (linguistics) To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication. Categories (topical): Linguistics
    Sense id: en-imbricate-en-verb-W6SHGbOd Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: imbrication

Inflected forms

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