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All imbricate synonyms

im·bri·cate
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verb imbricate

  • swathe — to wrap, bind, or swaddle with bands of some material; wrap up closely or fully.
  • fold — to confine (sheep or other domestic animals) in a fold.
  • ride — to sit on and manage a horse or other animal in motion; be carried on the back of an animal.
  • cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
  • twist — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
  • turn — to cause to move around on an axis or about a center; rotate: to turn a wheel.
  • override — to prevail or have dominance over; have final authority or say over; overrule: to override one's advisers.
  • wrap — to enclose in something wound or folded about (often followed by up): She wrapped her head in a scarf.
  • swaddle — to bind (an infant, especially a newborn infant) with long, narrow strips of cloth to prevent free movement; wrap tightly with clothes.
  • shingle — small, waterworn stones or pebbles such as lie in loose sheets or beds on a beach.
  • overlie — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
  • flap — to swing or sway back and forth loosely, especially with noise: A loose shutter flapped outside the window.
  • overlay — to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
  • project — something that is contemplated, devised, or planned; plan; scheme.
  • overhang — to hang or be suspended over: A great chandelier overhung the ballroom.
  • protrude — to project.
  • overrun — to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
  • overlap — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • enfold — Surround; envelop.
  • envelop — Wrap up, cover, or surround completely.
  • run over — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
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