inlay
/ɪnˈleɪ/ verb C2- To place (pieces of a foreign material) within another material to form a decorative design.
- To place an inlay in a tooth.
He/she/it inlays · Past inlaid · Past participle inlaid · -ing form inlaying
Verb forms
- Base form
- inlay
- He/she/it
- inlays
- Past
- inlaid
- Past participle
- inlaid
- -ing form
- inlaying
An irregular verb: learn its past and past participle by heart.
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Finding they were determined to go, the Winkies gave Toto and the Lion each a golden collar; and to Dorothy they presented a beautiful bracelet studded with diamonds; and to the Scarecrow they gave a gold-headed walking stick, to keep him from stumbling; and to the Tin Woodman they offered a silver oil-can, inlaid with gold and set with precious jewels.
Down at the base of the cliffs were heaps of surf-worn rocks or little sandy coves inlaid with pebbles as with ocean jewels; beyond lay the sea, shimmering and blue, and over it soared the gulls, their pinions flashing silvery in the sunlight.
On the walls, over the doors, on the ceiling, were swords, daggers, Malay creeses, maces, battle-axes; gilded, damasked, and inlaid suits of armor; dried plants, minerals, and stuffed birds, their flame-colored wings outspread in motionless flight, and their beaks forever open.
Madame Danglars (who, although past the first bloom of youth, was still strikingly handsome) was now seated at the piano, a most elaborate piece of cabinet and inlaid work, while Lucien Debray, standing before a small work-table, was turning over the pages of an album.
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