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imbricated

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    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • /ɪmbrᵻkˈeɪɾᵻd/
    • /ɪmbrɪkˈeɪtɪd/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • /ɪmbrᵻkˈeɪɾᵻd/

Definition of imbricated word

  • noun imbricated Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined. 1

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Parts of speech for Imbricated

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

imbricated popularity

This term is known only to a narrow circle of people with rare knowledge. Only 7% of English native speakers know the meaning of this word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

imbricated usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for imbricated

adjective imbricated

  • jugate — Botany. having the leaflets in pairs, as a pinnate leaf.
  • lapstrake — clinker-built (def 2).
  • obvolute — rolled or turned in.

verb imbricated

  • overlap — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • enfold — Surround; envelop.
  • envelop — Wrap up, cover, or surround completely.
  • fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.

Antonyms for imbricated

verb imbricated

  • free — enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people.
  • let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • release — to lease again.
  • uncover — to lay bare; disclose; reveal.
  • unwrap — to remove or open the wrapping of.

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