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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

imbricate en · ADJ

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative, not-comparable) Alternative form of imbricated (“overlapping”).
    alt of imbricated
    • The pileus is sessile, or sometimes narrowed at the base into a short stem, the caps often numerous and crowded together in an overlapping or imbricate manner. 1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VII, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc., 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt:

imbricate en · VERB

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin imbricātus (“tiled”).

Meanings

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To overlap in a regular pattern.
  2. To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
imbricated Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
imbricated Tense=Past lexicographic
imbricating Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
imbricates Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic

Deriveds

imbricately · nonimbricate · subimbricate · nonimbricating

Relateds

imbrication

Translations (6)

pt imbricar (overlap in a regular pattern) · es imbricar (overlap in a regular pattern) · bg нареждам със застъпване (overlap in a regular pattern) · fr imbriquer (overlap in a regular pattern) · is skara (overlap in a regular pattern) · ca imbricar (overlap in a regular pattern)