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overlay
1[ verb oh-ver-ley; noun oh-ver-ley ]
verb (used with object)
- to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
- to cover, overspread, or surmount with something.
- to finish with a layer or applied decoration of something:
wood richly overlaid with gold.
- Printing. to put an overlay upon.
noun
- something laid over something else; covering.
- a layer or decoration of something applied:
an overlay of gold.
- Printing.
- a shaped piece of paper, or a sheet of paper reinforced at the proper places by shaped pieces, put on the tympan of a press to increase or equalize the impression.
- a method of preparing copy for multicolor printing, in which matter for each color is prepared on a transparent sheet that is placed over a key plate, usually the one to be printed in black.
- the sheet or sheets so prepared.
- a sheet of transparent paper placed over a photograph, a dummy, or other artwork for noting corrections, instructions, mechanical separations, etc.
- Computers. software or data in external storage and brought into main storage for execution by replacing or augmenting software or data already there.
- a transparent sheet giving special military information not ordinarily shown on maps, used by being placed over the map on which it is based.
- a decorative piece of leather or other material stitched on a shoe.
- Scot. a cravat.
overlay
2[ oh-ver-ley ]
verb
- simple past tense of overlie.
overlay
verb
- to lay or place something over or upon (something else)
- often foll by with to cover, overspread, or conceal (with)
- foll by with to cover (a surface) with an applied decoration
ebony overlaid with silver
- to achieve the correct printing pressure all over (a forme or plate) by adding to the appropriate areas of the packing
noun
- something that is laid over something else; covering
- an applied decoration or layer, as of gold leaf
- a transparent sheet giving extra details to a map or diagram over which it is designed to be placed
- printing material, such as paper, used to overlay a forme or plate
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The “Right Now” video is a classic of the era: a bunch of random clips overlaid with slogans about oil companies and unprotected sex.
The skeleton, a male aged between 26 and 35, had been buried in a grave with two others and overlaid with horse bones.
This project invites viewers to consider what it means for a country to grow, and the advantages and disadvantages linked to that growth, by overlaying archival photographs from the 1940s-60s within current scenes.
I could make different overlay maps of L.A. with my memories from various eras: where I had a date or broke up with someone, etc.
Players — also called trainers, who capture and battle monsters by walking around in the real world with a digital overlay, called augmented reality — have logged 30 billion miles in the app.
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