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overlie Definition

over·lie (ō′vər lī′)

transitive verb -·lay′, -·lain′, -·ly′·ing

  1. to lie on or over
  2. to stifle or smother by lying on

overlie Usage Examples

Object

  • bedrock: In most cases, slides also detach head deposits overlying bedrock.
  • subsoil: Within this test pit two deposits were found to overlie the natural subsoil.
  • stratum: That they do not occur is due to the overlying strata inhibiting percolation.
  • mucosa: Most GISTs are asymptomatic but may cause abdominal pain or bleeding from ulceration of the overlying mucosa.
  • sediment: This may provide a locally significant input of clay, sand and gravel derived from Eocene bedrock and overlying drift sediment.
  • chalk: Thin soils with little depth, however, particularly those overlying chalk, do not offer much promise.

Subject

  • limestone: On the southern boundary this is overlain by Carboniferous limestone.
  • clay: These are overlain by the clays and thin limestones of the Lower Jurassic Lias Group.
  • deposit: This was overlain by another deposit of light brown sand which formed the dunes proper.
  • series: Here a unit of mudstone, the Tollhouse Mudstone occurs, which is directly overlain by a series of regular bedded argillaceous limestones.
  • layer: The island is formed by stabilizing shingle, gravel and stones overlain by a thin layer of soil.

Preposition: by

  • limestone: On the southern boundary this is overlain by Carboniferous limestone.
  • clay: These are overlain by the clays and thin limestones of the Lower Jurassic Lias Group.
  • deposit: This was overlain by another deposit of light brown sand which formed the dunes proper.
  • series: Here a unit of mudstone, the Tollhouse Mudstone occurs, which is directly overlain by a series of regular bedded argillaceous limestones.
  • layer: The island is formed by stabilizing shingle, gravel and stones overlain by a thin layer of soil.
  • rock: Permian To the east, the Coal Measures are overlain by rocks of Permian age.

Modifying Another Word

  • unconformably: It is overlain unconformably by sediments that would have been undeformed by mountain building events were it not for the Alpine orogeny.
  • directly: This very mixed deposit directly overlay a variety of building material rich deposits of Roman date.
  • partly: There are several dumps of rock in the immediate area which partly overlay these buildings.