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• overlay — Ⅰ. overlay UK US /ˌəʊvəˈleɪ/ verb [T] (overlaying, overlaid, overlaid) ► to cover something with a layer of something else: »Sticky tracing paper overlaid on street maps lets travelers chart their course again and again. overlay sth with sth »By… …   Financial and business terms

• overlay — [ō΄vər lā′; ] also, and for n.always [, ō′vər lā΄] vt. overlaid, overlaying 1. to lay or spread over 2. to cover or overspread, as with a decorative layer of something 3. Printing to place an overlay upon n. 1. anything laid over another thing;… …   English World dictionary

• overlay — (v.) to cover the surface of (something), c.1300, from OVER (Cf. over) + LAY (Cf. lay). There also was an overlie (late 12c.), but it had been merged into this word by 18c. The noun in the printing sense is attested from 1824; meaning transparent …   Etymology dictionary

• overlay — ► VERB (past and past part. overlaid) (often be overlaid with) 1) coat the surface of. 2) lie on top of. 3) (of a quality or feeling) become more prominent than (a previous one). ► NOUN 1) a covering. 2) …   English terms dictionary

• overlay — overlay1 v. /oh veuhr lay /; n. /oh veuhr lay /, v., overlaid, overlaying, n. v.t. 1. to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another. 2. to cover, overspread, or surmount with something. 3. to finish with a layer or applied decoration of… …   Universalium

• overlay — I. verb (t) /oʊvəˈleɪ/ (say ohvuh lay) (overlaid, overlaying) 1. to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another. 2. to cover, overspread, or surmount with something. 3. to finish with a layer or applied decoration of something: wood richly… …  

• overlay — o|ver|lay1 [ˌəuvəˈleı US ˌouvər ] v past tense and past participle overlaid [T] 1.) to cover or be on top of something be overlaid with sth ▪ The wood is overlaid with silver. 2.) if one quality, sound etc overlays another, it is added to it and… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• overlay — I. transitive verb (overlaid; laying) Date: 14th century 1. a. to lay or spread over or across ; superimpose b. to prepare an overlay for 2. overlie 2 II. noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• overlay — 1 verb past tense and past participle overlaid, (T) technical 1 be overlaid with to be thinly covered with something: wood overlaid with silver 2 (usually passive) to add an outer appearance to something that hides its real character (+ with):… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• overlay — I o•ver•lay v. [[t]ˌoʊ vərˈleɪ[/t]] n. [[t]ˈoʊ vərˌleɪ[/t]] v. laid, lay•ing, n. 1) to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another 2) to cover, overspread, or surmount with something 3) to finish with an overlay: wood overlaid with gold[/ex] 4) …   From formal English to slang

• overlay — A printing or drawing on a transparent or semi transparent medium at the same scale as a map, chart, etc., to show details not appearing or requiring special emphasis on the original …   Military dictionary