overlay
Part of speech: verb
noun
Morphological type: derivation
Topics: arts
computing
engineering
gambling
games
hobbies
horse-racing
horseracing
horses
lifestyle
mathematics
media
natural-sciences
pets
photography
physical-sciences
printing
programming
publishing
racing
sciences
sports
Etymology: From Middle English overleyen, from Old English oferleċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *obarlaggjan, from Proto-Germanic *uberlagjaną, equivalent to over- + lay. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurläze, úurlääse, Dutch overleggen, German Low German overleggen, överleggen, German überlegen, Swedish överlägga, Norwegian overlegge. Compare overlie.
Base: lay
Affixes: over-
Inflected forms:
form: overlays
pos: verb
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: overlaying
pos: verb
tags: participle
present
form: overlaid
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: overlaid
pos: verb
tags: past
form: overlayed
pos: verb
tags: participle
past
form: overlayed
pos: verb
tags: past
form: overlays
pos: noun
tags: plural
Senses:
gloss: To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: Near-synonyms: cover, superimpose, superpose
She will now overlay the crust with fruit.
She will now overlay fruit on top of the crust.
For ſo exceeding ſhone his gliſtring ray,
That Phœbus golden face it did attaint,
As when a cloud his beames doth ouer-lay
By his preſcript a Sanctuary is fram'd
Of Cedar, overlaid with Gold,
The hillside at this point is composed of shaly rock overlaid with a peaty loam which carries a growth of heather, and its unstable condition has resulted in two landslides in the course of the railway's history.
gloss: To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
pos: verb
examples: when any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it
gloss: To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.
pos: verb
tags: archaic
transitive
examples: And this womans childe died in the night: because she ouerlaid it.
a heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire
Prostitutes, thieves, girls who ‘overlaid’ their babies, abortionists who stuck their knitting needles into something vital – did they really need to be here?
gloss: To put an overlay on.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
gloss: To bet too much money on.
pos: verb
tags: transitive
examples: […] he has 'overlaid' his book, and has not succeeded in 'getting round' by bets against the other horses.
gloss: An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
pos: noun
gloss: A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
pos: noun
gloss: Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
pos: noun
gloss: A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
pos: noun
gloss: A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
pos: noun
examples: The keyboard overlay can be a memory jogger and a great help with spelling. In this way the keyboard makes word processing more accessible to younger as well as special needs children.
gloss: A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
pos: noun
examples: This concept can be extended further by allowing a primary overlay to call a secondary overlay, and so on. However, we will limit ourselves here to the use of primary overlays. Before proceeding further, you need to understand the memory map of the computer, which is a diagram showing the use to which the memory of the computer is put.
gloss: A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
pos: noun
tags: Internet
gloss: A cravat.
pos: noun
tags: Scotland
gloss: A covering over something else.
pos: noun
examples: The first, on January 1, 1883, was attributed to the overlay becoming surcharged with water, due to insufficient drainage, and causing a slip.
I really appreciate the clear explication of Dworkin's understanding of male sexuality. In this we see, without the overlay of polemic that infuses her non-fiction, how Dworkin can proceed from basic feminist principles to create an almost seamless, sophistic argument for sexism.
ECDP [East Coast Digital Programme] started with the Northern City Line, where trains are already being signalled over four miles with ETCS as an overlay on conventional signalling. This means that the colour light signals remain in place and are operational, but any Class 717 that runs onto the route with a driver trained in ETCS must run in that mode. Drivers yet to be trained work as usual. […] With ETCS installed as an overlay, drivers can use trackside or cab signalling according to their competence.
Related words: laminate
layer
veneer
Derived words: currency overlay
overlay scrollbar
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