imbricate

adj.
Having regularly arranged, overlapping edges, as roof tiles or fish scales.


v., -cat·ed, -cat·ing, -cates.

v.tr.
To overlap in a regular pattern.

v.intr.
To be arranged with regular overlapping edges.

[Latin imbricātus, covered with roof tiles, from imbrex, imbric-, roof tile, from imber, imbr-, rain.]

imbrication im'bri·ca'tion n.

To overlap in regular order, as shingling, tiles, etc.

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Surgical pleating and folding of tissue to realign organs and provide extra support, e.g. chronically stretched joint capsule.

• Flo i. — a method for repair of cranial cruciate repair in the dog in which sutures are placed around the patellar tendon and the fabellae.

an overlapping of edges (as of tiles)

A term used to describe leaves or petals that are overlapping, like shingles.

Dansk (Danish)
v. tr. - anbringe taglagt
v. intr. - overlappe
adj. - taglagt

Nederlands (Dutch)
dakpansgewijs liggen/ leggen, dakpansgewijs

Français (French)
v. tr. - imbriquer
v. intr. - s'imbriquer
adj. - imbriqué

Deutsch (German)
v. - dachziegelartig anordnen, (sich) überlappen
adj. - geschuppt, dachziegelartig angeordnet

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - (αλληλ)επικαλύπτω, καβαλικεύω
adj. - επικαλυπτικός (κν. καβαλικευτός)

Italiano (Italian)
sistemare (per es. tegole) in ordine sovrapposto, imbricato

Português (Portuguese)
v. - imbricar
adj. - imbricado

Русский (Russian)
класть внахлестку

Español (Spanish)
v. tr. - imbricar, disponer como las tejas de un tejado
v. intr. - imbricar
adj. - imbricado

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - lägga (ligga) över varanda (biol.)
adj. - liggande (delvis) över varandra (biol.)

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
使叠盖, 成瓦叠状, 成鳞叠状, 叠盖, 重叠成瓦状的, 鳞状的

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. tr. - 使疊蓋, 成瓦疊狀, 成鱗疊狀
v. intr. - 疊蓋
adj. - 重疊成瓦狀的, 鱗狀的

한국어 (Korean)
v. tr. - 미늘을 달다
v. intr. - 비늘 모양으로 겹쳐지다
adj. - 겹쳐진, 비늘 모양으로 겹쳐진, 미늘을 단

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - うろこ状に重ねる
adj. - 瓦状の

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يراكب, يتراكب (صفه) متراكب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. tr. - ‮סידר עצמים כך שיכסו חלקית זה את זה (כמו רעפים)‬
v. intr. - ‮כיסה חלקית‬
adj. - ‮מכוסים חלקית (כרעפים)‬

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