A covering of tiles. / (uncountable) The act of applying tiles. / (geometry) A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.

present participle of tile

plural of tiling

Constructed from, or decorated with tiles. / (Freemasonry) Of a lodge, having been sealed against intrusions from unauthorised people.

simple past tense and past participle of tile

To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.

(transitive) To cover with tiles. / (graphical user interface) To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).

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. / (computing) A rectangular graphic.

plural of tile

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of tile