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adjective
1.
overlapping in sequence, as tiles or shingles on a roof.
2.
of, pertaining to, or resembling overlapping tiles, as decoration or drawings.
3.
Biology. overlapping like tiles, as scales or leaves.
4.
characterized by or as if by overlapping shingles.
verb (used with object), verb (used without object)
5.
to overlap, as tiles or shingles.
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Imbricating
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Origin:
1650–60; < Late Latin imbricātus tiled with imbrices, shaped like such a tile or tiling, equivalent to imbric- (stem of imbrex) imbrex + -ātus -ate1
1650–60; < Late Latin imbricātus tiled with imbrices, shaped like such a tile or tiling, equivalent to imbric- (stem of imbrex) imbrex + -ātus -ate1
Related forms
im·bri·cate·ly, adverb
im·bri·ca·tive, adjective
non·im·bri·cate, adjective
non·im·bri·cate·ly, adverb
non·im·bri·cat·ed, adjective
EXPANDnon·im·bri·cat·ing, adjective
non·im·bri·ca·tive, adjective
sub·im·bri·cate, adjective
sub·im·bri·cate·ly, adverb
sub·im·bri·cat·ed, adjective
sub·im·bri·ca·tive, adjective
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imbricate im·bri·cate (ĭm'brĭ-kāt') or im·bri·cat·ed (ĭm'brĭ-kā'tĭd)
adj.
Having the edges overlapping in a regular arrangement like roof tiles or the scales of a fish.
im'bri·ca'tion n.
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