Overlay

[O`ver*lay·]

To overlay is to cover with a coating or a layer, or to set one thing on top of another. A winter storm will sometimes overlay a dangerously slick coating of ice on top of the road.

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To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

Noun
protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior

Verb
kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets"

Verb
put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"

v. t.
To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

v. t.
To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.

v. t.
To put an overlay on.

n.
A covering.

n.
A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

imp.
of Overlie

Overlay

O`ver*lay" , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlaid ; p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaying.] 1. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it.

As when a cloud his beams doth overlay.

Framed of cedar overlaid with gold.

And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss.

2. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.

This woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.

A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire.

3. (Printing) To put an overlay on.

Overlay

O"ver*lay` , n. 1. A covering. Sir W. Scott. 2. (Printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

A covering.

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Usage Examples

Kinsey was trying to study sex scientifically, get rid of the overlay of culture and religion.

Misspelled Form

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