overlay
IPA: ˈoʊvɝɫeɪ
noun
- (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
- (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
- (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
- A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
- (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
- (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
- (Scotland) A cravat.
- A covering over something else.
verb
- (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover.
- To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- (transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.
- (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
- (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
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Examples of "overlay" in Sentences
- The overlay problem was the same.
- Better to overlay it with a box plot.
- Then overlay the political divisions on that.
- This then displays on the overlay on GoogleMaps.
- The client is asked which of the overlays is the most comfortable.
- Otherwise, the overlay value is looked up in the palette and used.
- Users can display and overlay the many thematic maps of the Atlas.
- It overlays the wood and consists of the inner bark and the outer bark.
- The meanders in the mud undercut the overlaying limestones forming a cirque.
- These holes will be filled with pervious concrete during the overlay procedure.
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