- to cover or line with a crust or hard coating.
- to form into a crust.
- to deposit as a crust.
- to form a crust: They scraped off the barnacles that always encrusted on the ship's hull.
- to cover or overlay with or as with a crust or hard coating
- to form or cause to form a crust or hard coating
- to decorate lavishly, as with jewels
