imbricate

English

Etymology

Latin imbricatus (“tiled”).

Adjective

imbricate (not comparable)

Having regular overlapping edges; intertwined.

Verb

imbricate (third-person singular simple present imbricates, present participle imbricating, simple past and past participle imbricated)

(transitive or intransitive) To overlap in a regular pattern.

Related terms

imbrication

Translations

overlap in a regular pattern

Bulgarian: нареждам със застъпване (nareždam sǎs zastǎpvane)
Catalan: imbricar (ca)

Icelandic: skara
Spanish: imbricar (es)

Latin

Adjective

imbricāte

vocative masculine singular of imbricātus