overlay

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
2. To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
3. (archaic, transitive) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.
4. (transitive) To put an overlay on.
5. (transitive) 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. (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
8. (Scotland) A cravat.
9. A covering over something else.

overlie

1. To lie over or upon
2. (transitive) To suffocate by lying upon

Llegeix-ne més

Conceptes

revestir

entapissar

folrar

cobrir

tapar

sobreposar

acceptar

🉑

superposar

acollir

🉑

coberta

rebre

vestir

Sinònims

cover

coat

🧥

plate

covering

face

back

🔙

lag

protect

overspread

superimpose

spread

smear

blanket

coating

overlie

layer

overlap

clothe

overlayer

gild

sheathing

apply

wrap up

facing

pave

plating

envelop

overlaying

do over

daub

choke

dampen

dab

causeway

array

crust

crest

casing

hard surface

coverage

brush

accredit

harden

hang

gloss

glaze

conceal

incrustation

fold

cocoon

Traduccions

bekleden

overtrekken

recubrir

forrar

recouvrir

überziehen

enfronhar

encapar

overlappen

tapisser

chapear

cobrir

bedekken

revêtir

beziehen

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: overleyen

Heretat de anglès antic: oferleċġan

Cognat amb Saterfriesisch: uurläze

Cognat amb neerlandès: overleggen

Cognat amb alemany: überlegen

Cognat amb suec: överlägga

Cognat amb noruec: overlegge

In summary

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.