encrust

(ĭn-)
tr.v., -crust·ed, also -crust·ed, -crust·ing, -crust·ing, -crusts, -crusts.

1. To cover or coat with or as if with a crust: tires encrusted with dried mud; legalities that were encrusted with tradition.
2. To decorate by inlaying or overlaying with a contrasting material: encrust wood paneling with ivory.

[Possibly from French incruster, from Latin incrustāre : in-, on; see en-¹ + crusta, crust.]

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The verb has 3 meanings:

Meaning #1: cover or coat with a crust
  Synonym: incrust

Meaning #2: decorate or cover lavishly with gems
  Synonyms: incrust, beset

Meaning #3: form a crust or a hard layer
  Synonym: incrust

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Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - dække med skorpe, indkapsle, overtrække, besætte

Nederlands (Dutch)
een korst vormen, met een korst bedekken, bezetten, tot een korst maken

Français (French)
v. tr. - encroûter, couvrir d'une croûte, incruster de (bijoux)

Deutsch (German)
v. - überkrusten

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - καλύπτω/-ομαι με κρούστα

Italiano (Italian)
incrostare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - incrustar

Русский (Russian)
покрываться коркой/накипью

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - incrustar, encostrar

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - täcka med skorpa, bekläda, täcka

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
包外壳, 镶嵌

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 包外殼, 鑲嵌

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 껍데기를 형성하다

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 表面に皮をつくる, おおう, 外皮を形成する, ちりばめる

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يشكل قشرة, يلبس بقشرة‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮ציפה, הקרים, כיסה‬

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