overlay

Meaning

Verb

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

Synonyms

cover

coat

🧥

plate

lag

protect

covering

face

back

🔙

overlap

smear

overlie

spread

overspread

superimpose

coating

blanket

layer

overlayer

clothe

gild

wrap up

sheathing

overlaying

envelop

apply

pave

plating

facing

film

📽️

fit

flash

fold

glaze

gloss

hang

harden

hard surface

incrustation

lamination

line

mantle

muffle

mulch

obscure

overlapping

paint

paper

pet

plaster

ply

press

priming

put on

quash

quell

quench

receive

repress

sheet

skin

smother

stack

stifle

strangle

stucco

suffocate

suit

superpose

suppress

swallow

thickness

tire

top

🔝

top side

upside

veneer

veneering

wrap

force back

place on top of

upper side

stromatolite

callenia

paintcoat

stromatolith

stroke

put on the top

reach down beyond

face with

map overlay

brush on

rostered staff factor

overlay face

surfacing mat

covering overlay

accept

🉑

accredit

admit

anoint

array

attire

bark

bespread

brush

casing

causeway

choke

choke down

choke off

cocoon

conceal

coverage

crest

crust

dab

dampen

daub

do over

dress

👗

encrust

enfold

envelope

✉️

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: overleyen

Inherited from Old English: oferleċġan

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: uurläze

Cognate with Dutch: overleggen

Cognate with German: überlegen

Cognate with Swedish: överlägga

Cognate with Norwegian: 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.