Overlay Definition

ōvər-lā
overlaid, overlaying, overlays
verb
overlaid, overlaying, overlays
To lay or spread over.
Webster's New World
To cover or overspread, as with a decorative layer of something.
Webster's New World
To embellish superficially.
A simple tune that was overlaid with ornate harmonies.
American Heritage
To place an overlay upon.
Webster's New World
To create (a new area code) having the same boundaries as another.
In Maryland, area code 240 was overlaid on top of area code 301.
American Heritage
Synonyms:
noun
overlays
Anything laid over another thing; covering.
Webster's New World
A decorative layer or the like, applied in overlaying.
Webster's New World
A transparent flap showing additional details, areas of color, etc. placed over a map, art work, etc.
Webster's New World
The paper affixed to the impression surface of a press to help make a uniform impression.
Webster's New World
In betting, odds which are set higher than expected or warranted.
Webster's New World
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Other Word Forms of Overlay

Noun

Singular:
overlay
Plural:
overlays

Origin of Overlay

  • over- +"Ž lay (compare overlie)

    From Wiktionary

Overlay Sentence Examples

  • Access from keyboard, mouse, touchscreen or overlay keyboard.

  • An overlay keyboard is a flat surface containing a matrix of touch sensitive cells or switches onto which a paper overlay keyboard is a flat surface containing a matrix of touch sensitive cells or switches onto which a paper overlay can be placed.

  • From in front and especially from the right, in the unlifting smoke the guns boomed, and out of the mysterious domain of smoke that overlay the whole space in front, quick hissing cannon balls and slow whistling shells flew unceasingly.

  • Other Churches make them too, though they overlay and disguise them with appeals to tradition and to the authority of the Church itself or the Fathers.

  • The central portion has open longitudinal fibers which overlay the ruptured tendon, allowing for fibroblastic ingrowth.

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Words Starting With

OOVOVE

Words Ending With

YAYLAY

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7 Letter Words7 Letter Words Starting With O7 Letter Words Ending With Y