overlay - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'overlay' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Overlay

[ imp.]

- of Overlie

2 . Overlay

[ n.]

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

3 . Overlay

[ v. t.]

- To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.
- To put an overlay on.

Meaning of 'overlay' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . overlay

[ v]

Meaning (1):
- put something on top of something else

Example in sentence:

cover the meat with a lot of gravy

Meaning (2):
- kill by lying on

Example in sentence:

The sow overlay her piglets

Nearby Words:

oven ovenbird over over-arm over-busy over-garment over-story overabound overact overaction

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