Standard Lemma guide
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Each Play button uses your device's default local English voice, or a natural local fallback. The selected voice name appears after playback. This is synthesized speech, not a source recording.
noun
An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: graphic arts
Topics: arts, hobbies, lifestyle, photography
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noun
A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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noun
Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: gambling, games
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noun
A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
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noun
A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Synonyms: keystrip
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noun
A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
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noun
A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet
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noun
A cravat.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Scotland
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noun
A covering over something else.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Synonyms: cover, superimpose, superpose
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verb
To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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verb
To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, transitive
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verb
To put an overlay on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: media, printing, publishing
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verb
To bet too much money on.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: transitive
Topics: gambling, games
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verb
simple past of overlie
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: form-of, past
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noun
a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: decoration, ornament, ornamentation, layer, bed
noun
protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: sheathing, overlayer
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: protective covering, protective cover, protection
verb
kill by lying on
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: overlie
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: kill
verb
put something on top of something else
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Synonyms: cover
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: splash
History
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.
Across languages
19 source translations are retained for this English entry.
