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IMBRICATE

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 I. (adjective) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles

Synonyms:

imbricate; imbricated

Classified under:

Adjectives

Similar:

rough; unsmooth (having or caused by an irregular surface)

Domain category:

botany; phytology (the branch of biology that studies plants)

 II. (verb) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Overlap

Example:

The roof tiles imbricate

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "imbricate" is one way to...):

overlap (extend over and cover a part of)

Verb group:

imbricate (place so as to overlap)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

imbrication (covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles))

Sense 2

Meaning:

Place so as to overlap

Example:

imbricate the roof tiles

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "imbricate" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Verb group:

imbricate (overlap)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

imbrication (covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles))

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