1. To form into or adorn with mosaic; to lay with checkered work or having markings arranged in a pattern of small squares, like a checkerboard; as, in mosaic tile or tessellated floors.
2. A tessellated creature or thing having markings arranged in a checkerboard pattern.
3. To make into a mosaic; to form a mosaic upon, adorn with mosaics; to construct (especially, a pavement) by combining variously colored blocks so as to form a pattern.
4. To combine so as to form a mosaic; to fit into its place in a mosaic.