A faint sketch; a brief representation, an outline.
The state of being in shadow or shade; (countable) a shadow.
The outline of a charge (“image displayed on an escutcheon”), sometimes filled in with a darker shade than the field.
The form of an object as seen by an observer.
A rough or symbolic representation; a vague indication of what is to come, a foreshadowing.
A rectangular graphic.
Any of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
A regularly-shaped slab of clay or other material, affixed to cover or decorate a surface, as in a roof-tile, glazed tile, stove tile, carpet tile, etc.
To seal a lodge against intrusions from unauthorised people.
To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.
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 cover with tiles.