imbricate
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
place so as to overlap
imbricate the roof tiles
Types & categories
- put hypernym
Related & opposite
- imbrication derivation
- imbricate verb group
Sense 2 adjective
used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
Related & opposite
Sense 3 verb
overlap
The roof tiles imbricate
Types & categories
- overlap hypernym
Related & opposite
- imbrication derivation
- imbricate verb group
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | imbrication |
| 1 | verb group | Related & opposite | imbricate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | phytology |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | rough |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | imbrication |
| 3 | verb group | Related & opposite | imbricate |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | overlap |