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1.nounA 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.
2.nounA rectangular graphic."Each tile within Google Maps consists of 256 × 256 pixels."
3.nounAny of various flat cuboid playing pieces used in certain games, such as dominoes, Scrabble, or mahjong.
4.nounA stiff hat.
5.verbTo cover with tiles."The handyman tiled the kitchen."
6.verbTo arrange in a regular pattern, with adjoining edges (applied to tile-like objects, graphics, windows in a computer interface).
7.verbTo optimize (a loop in program code) by means of the tiling technique.