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imbricating

imbricating is the present participle and gerund of imbricate.

Meaning of imbricate

Verb

imbricate (third-person singular simple present imbricates, present participle imbricating, simple past and past participle imbricated)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To overlap in a regular pattern.
  2. To undergo or cause to undergo imbrication.

Words formed from imbricating

Questions about imbricating

What is imbricating the present participle and gerund of?
Imbricating is the present participle and gerund of imbricate.

Words near imbricating in the dictionary

  1. imbricate
  2. imbricated
  3. imbricately
  4. imbricates
  5. imbricatin
  6. imbricating
  7. imbrication
  8. imbrications
  9. imbricative
  10. imbricatoside
  11. imbrices

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