Word: overlayed
Part of speech: Verb
Syllables: o
ver
layed
Definition: Simple past tense and past participle of overlay; a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
Morphemes:
Affix: over-
Language: en
PoS: Prefix
Meaning: surrounding or covering
Affix: lay
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
Affix: -ed
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form past tenses of (regular) verbs. In linguistics, it is used for the base form of any past form. See -t for a variant.