imbricated
- v place so as to overlap
- v overlap
- s used especially of leaves or bracts; overlapping or layered as scales or shingles
imitation
- n the doctrine that representations of nature or human behavior should be accurate imitations
- n something copied or derived from an original
- n copying (or trying to copy) the actions of someone else
- n a representation of a person that is exaggerated for comic effect
- s not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article; it's real synthetic fur"
decorated with imitation palm leaves
imitative
- a marked by or given to imitation
acting is an imitative art
man is an imitative being - a (of words) formed in imitation of a natural sound
onomatopoeic words are imitative of noises - a not genuine; imitating something superior