INCRUST

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does incrust mean? 

• INCRUST (verb)
  The verb INCRUST has 3 senses:

1. decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

2. cover or coat with a crust

3. form a crust or a hard layer

  Familiarity information: INCRUST used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• INCRUST (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they incrust    ... he / she / it incrusts   
Past simple: incrusted   
Past participle: incrusted   
-ing form: incrusting   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Decorate or cover lavishly (as with gems)

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

beset; encrust; incrust

Hypernyms (to "incrust" is one way to...):

adorn; beautify; decorate; embellish; grace; ornament (make more attractive by adding ornament, colour, etc.)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

incrustation (a decorative coating of contrasting material that is applied to a surface as an inlay or overlay)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Cover or coat with a crust

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

encrust; incrust

Hypernyms (to "incrust" is one way to...):

coat; surface (put a coat on; cover the surface of; furnish with a surface)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Derivation:

incrustation (a hard outer layer that covers something)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Form a crust or a hard layer

Classified under:

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.

Synonyms:

encrust; incrust

Hypernyms (to "incrust" is one way to...):

harden; indurate (become hard or harder)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "incrust"):

effloresce (become encrusted with crystals due to evaporation)

Sentence frame:

Something ----s

Derivation:

incrustation (a hard outer layer that covers something)

incrustation (the formation of a crust)