Antonyms for overlying

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : oh-ver-lahy-ing

Phonetic Transcription : ˌoʊ vərˈlaɪ ɪŋ

Definition of overlying

Origin : late 12c., from over- + lie (v.2), or from an unrecorded Old English *oferlicgan. "In use from 12th to 16th c.; in 17-18th displaced by overlay; reintroduced in 19th c., chiefly in geological use." [OED]. Related: Overlay; overlain.

As in superior : adj better, greater, higher; excellent
As in overlapping : adj coinciding
As in lap : verb overlap
As in overlap : verb lie over something else
As in tower above : verb dominate
As in dominate : verb tower above

Example sentences :

The red of nature had come into her cheeks and fought there with the overlying hue of art.
Extract from : « The Prisoner » by Alice Brown

Light was in his face, overlying the flush of simple passions.
Extract from : « Rose MacLeod » by Alice Brown

The water, as it plunges down, undermines the overlying rock.
Extract from : « Charles Lyell and Modern Geology » by Thomas George Bonney

They are of older date than the overlying and undisturbed coal-measures.
Extract from : « A Manual of Elementary Geology » by Charles Lyell.

And no proof has been made from the nature or depth of the overlying deposits.
Extract from : « Fables of Infidelity and Facts of Faith » by Robert Patterson

Overlying this are beds of marl, loam, and surface soil, comprising in all a depth of fourteen feet.
Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen

Below this surface soil is a stratum of sand, overlying the gravelly beds below and passing into the surface soil just mentioned.
Extract from : « The Prehistoric World » by E. A. Allen

The fossils it bears are usually of species which swam in the overlying water and came to the bottom after death.
Extract from : « Outlines of the Earth's History » by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

It may be injected into the overlying strata in the form of dikes, or it may be blown forth into the air through volcanoes.
Extract from : « Outlines of the Earth's History » by Nathaniel Southgate Shaler

Its great wealth is its deep black humus varying in depth from ten inches to three feet, overlying a warm subsoil.
Extract from : « Canada West 1914 » by Unknown

Synonyms for overlying

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