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interleaves

interleaves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of interleave.

interleaves is the plural of interleave.

Meaning of interleave

Verb

interleave (third-person singular simple present interleaves, present participle interleaving, simple past and past participle interleaved)

  1. (transitive) To insert (pages, which are normally blank) between the pages of a book.
    • Let a Servitor transcribe the quotations, and interleave them with references to save time. This will shorten the work and lessen the fatigue.1754, Samuel Johnson, Letter to the Rev. Mr. Thomas Warton, 28 November, 1754, cited in James Boswell, Life of Samuel Johnson, edited by Augustine Birrell, New York: Dodge, 1896, Volume 1, p. 225
  2. (transitive) To intersperse (something) at regular intervals between the parts of a thing or between items in a group.
    • I had the demon’s own time with my armor, and this delayed me a little. It is troublesome to get into, and there is so much detail. First you wrap a layer or two of blanket around your body, […] then you put on your sleeves and shirt of chain mail— […] then you put on your shoes—flat-boats roofed...1889, Mark Twain, chapter 11, in A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’s Court
  3. (transitive) To allocate (things such as successive segments of memory) to different tasks.

See all 4 meanings of interleave

Questions about interleaves

What is interleaves the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Interleaves is the third-person singular simple present indicative of interleave.

Words near interleaves in the dictionary

  1. interleave
  2. interleaved
  3. interleavedly
  4. interleaver
  5. interleavers
  6. interleaves
  7. interleaving
  8. interleavings
  9. interleg
  10. interlegal
  11. interlegality

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