overlay

Meaning of overlay

noun
  1. A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
  2. (betting) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
  3. A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
  4. A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
  5. A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
  6. A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
  7. A cravat.
verb
  1. To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover.
  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.
verb
  1. To lie over or upon
  2. To suffocate by lying upon

Information about overlay

  • The plural form of overlay is: overlays.
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Hyphenation of overlay

over-lay

  • It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
  • overlay is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables

overlay synonyms

Meaning sheathing:

sheathing, overlayer

Meaning cover:

cover

Meaning overlie:

overlie

Anagrams of overlay

layover

Words that rhyme with overlay

Farlay, parlay, cloverlay, interlay, summerlay, superlay, underlay, Thorlay, forlay

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