tile
/ˈtaɪ.əl/ verb C2- To cover with tiles. · The handyman tiled the kitchen.· White marble tiled the bathroom.
- To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
- To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.
- To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
He/she/it tiles · Past tiled · Past participle tiled · -ing form tiling
Verb forms
- Base form
- tile
- He/she/it
- tiles
- Past
- tiled
- Past participle
- tiled
- -ing form
- tiling
From the library
A MAN had two daughters, the one married to a gardener, and the other to a tile-maker.
AN ASS climbed up to the roof of a building, and frisking about there, broke in the tiling.
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