Overlay

Quick meaning: Overlay is a verb meaning (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.

Meaning

(transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.

More Meanings

1. To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
2. (transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.
3. (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
4. (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
5. (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
6. (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
7. (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.

Example Sentences

She will now overlay the crust with fruit.

Near-synonyms: cover, superimpose, superpose

She will now overlay fruit on top of the crust.

when any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it

Word Forms

• overlays
• overlaying
• overlaid
• overlayed

Synonyms for overlay

Depending on context, synonyms include cover, superimpose, superpose, keystrip, overlie, sheathing.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include cover, sheathing, overlayer, overlap, overlapping, surface.

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