encrust en · VERB
Pronunciation
- (Southern-England) audio
- /ɪŋˈkɹʌst/
Etymology
From French incruster, from Latin incrustare, from in- (“in”) + crustare (“to cover with a crust”). By surface analysis, en- + crust.
Meanings
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(transitive) To cover with a hard crust.
a doughnut encrusted with sugar
iron encrusted with rust
And by the frost refin'd the whiter snow, Incrusted hard.
a. 1749 (date written), James Thomson, “Winter”, in The Seasons, London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, and sold by Thomas Cadell, […], published 1768, →OCLC:
- (intransitive) To form a crust.
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(transitive) To inset or affix decorative materials upon (a surface); to inlay into, as a piece of carving or other ornamental object.
The jeweller encrusted the ring with gems.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| encrusts | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| incrust | alternative | lexicographic | |
| encrusted | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| encrusted | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| encrusting | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic |
Deriveds
encruster · encrustment · nonencrusting
Translations (15)
no brune (to cover with a hard crust) · de verkrusten (to cover with a hard crust) · ca incrustar (to cover with a hard crust) · hu kiver (to inset or affix decorative material) · bg хващам кора (to cover with a hard crust) · no skjerpe (to cover with a hard crust) · fr encrouter (to cover with a hard crust) · bg инкрустирам (to inset or affix decorative material) · la incrustō (to cover with a hard crust) · fr incruster (to inset or affix decorative material) · ca incrustar (to inset or affix decorative material) · es incrustar (to cover with a hard crust) · de überkrusten (to cover with a hard crust) · de verkrusten (to form a crust) · fr encroûter (to cover with a hard crust)