overlay

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Synonyms: overlap, overly, overpay, oversay, overplay, overbay, overley, over-lay, over lay

Antonyms: overlap, overly, overpay, oversay, overplay, overbay, overley, over-lay, over lay

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Verb

1. To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
   • She will now overlay the crust with fruit.
   • She will now overlay fruit on top of the crust.
2. To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
3. To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
4. To put an overlay on.
5. To bet too much money on.

Noun

1. An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
2. A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
3. Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
4. A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
5. A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
6. A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
7. A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
8. A cravat.
9. A covering over something else.

Verb

1. simple past of overlie

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