<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>to decorate (an object) with layers of fine materials set in its surface: to inlay a chest with lighter wood.</li><li>to insert or apply (layers of fine materials) in the surface of an object: to inlay marble in a tabletop.</li><li>Horticulture: to place (a fitted scion) into a prepared stock, as in a method of grafting.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>inlaid work.</li><li>a layer of fine material inserted in something else, especially for ornament.</li><li>a design or decoration made by inlaying.</li><li>Dentistry: a filling of metal, porcelain, or the like, that is first shaped to fit a cavity and then cemented into it.</li><li>Horticulture: inlay graft.</li><li>the act or process of inlaying.</li></ul>