What does imbricated mean in English? Meaning of imbricated definition and abbreviation with examples.
Meaning of "imbricated": used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
Adjective
Meaning: used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shinglesSynonyms: imbricate
imbricatedSimilar: rough
unsmoothAdjective: Overlapping, like scales or roof-tiles; intertwined. 1965, John Fowles, The Magus: He stopped speaking for a moment, like a man walking who comes to a brink; perhaps it was an artful pause, but it made the stars, the night, seem to wait, as if story, narration, history, lay imbricated in the nature of things; and the cosmos was for the story, not the story for the cosmos. 1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder, Bloomsbury 2003, p. 50: the spaceport filled up with emptiness and that imbricated silence made up of the low roar of the air-cycling system, the hum of the robot sweepers, the sizzle of the noctolux lamps, and the sound of distant footsteps.1965, John Fowles, The Magus: He stopped speaking for a moment, like a man walking who comes to a brink; perhaps it was an artful pause, but it made the stars, the night, seem to wait, as if story, narration, history, lay imbricated in the nature of things; and the cosmos was for the story, not the story for the cosmos.1996, Russell Hoban, Fremder, Bloomsbury 2003, p. 50: the spaceport filled up with emptiness and that imbricated silence made up of the low roar of the air-cycling system, the hum of the robot sweepers, the sizzle of the noctolux lamps, and the sound of distant footsteps.Synonyms:
jugate, lapstrake, obvolute, obvoluted, envelop, enfold, swathe, fold, ride, cover, twist, turn, override, wrap, swaddle, imbricate, shingle, overlie, flap, overlay, ride, project, overhang, protrude, overrun, imbricate, shingle, overlie, extend along, fold over, go beyond, lap over, run over,
Antonyms:
release, uncover, unwrap, free, let go, divide, separate,
