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Synonyms for overlay

Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb oh-ver-ley; noun oh-ver-ley
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈleɪ; noun ˈoʊ vərˌleɪ

Définition of overlay

Origin :
  • "to cover the surface of (something)," c.1300, in part from Old English oferlecgan "to place over," also "to overburden," and in part from over- + lay (v.). There also was an overlie in Middle English, but it merged into this word. Similar compounds are found in other Germanic languages, e.g. Gothic ufarlagjan. Related: Overlaid; overlaying.
  • verb cover
Example sentences :
  • Ah, no; to overlay it with new shames, to groan over in new vigils.
  • Extract from : « Despair's Last Journey » by David Christie Murray
  • There is a disagreeable saline flavour that we cannot remove nor overlay.
  • Extract from : « Mushroom Culture » by W. Robinson
  • The top is covered with a Swiss overlay pattern, made of split sticks.
  • Extract from : « Rustic Carpentry » by Paul N. Hasluck
  • How we should tremble to overlay the record of it with our words!
  • Extract from : « The Gospel of St. John » by Frederick Denison Maurice
  • But, it may be asked, what has become of the beds that overlay the granite?
  • Extract from : « A Book of the West. Volume I Devon » by S. Baring-Gould
  • The overlay of his, what, his inner beauty on that exterior, it disoriented her.
  • Extract from : « Makers » by Cory Doctorow
  • But if it were, it would be hard, if I could not overlay a young conscience.
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 6 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • This is shown in the beaten bronzes, thin plates of which were used to overlay wooden forms.
  • Extract from : « History of Ancient Art » by Franz von Reber
  • Not exactly, sir; but I allude to those drearier swamps of superstition and ignorance that overlay the land.
  • Extract from : « The Daltons, Volume II (of II) » by Charles James Lever
  • There is a disagreeable saline flavour that they could not remove nor overlay.
  • Extract from : « Fungi: Their Nature and Uses » by Mordecai Cubitt Cooke

Antonyms for overlay

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