[{"word":"tiling","phonetic":"/ˈtaɪlɪŋ/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈtaɪlɪŋ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To cover with tiles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The handyman tiled the kitchen."},{"definition":"To arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To protect from the intrusion of the uninitiated.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"tile the door"}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A covering of tiles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"All the tiling in the bathroom must be removed because of water damage to the wood under it."},{"definition":"The act of applying tiles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"We spent all day doing the tiling in the bathroom."},{"definition":"A tessellation; the covering of a plane with shapes, without overlaps or gaps.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A technique for optimizing loops by partitioning the iteration space into smaller chunks or blocks that will more easily fit in a cache.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tile","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tiling"]}]