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- [verb oh-ver-ley; noun oh-ver-ley]
- /verb ˌoʊ vərˈleɪ; noun ˈoʊ vərˌleɪ/
- /ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ/
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- [verb oh-ver-ley; noun oh-ver-ley]
- /verb ˌoʊ vərˈleɪ; noun ˈoʊ vərˌleɪ/
Definitions of overlay word
- verb with object overlay to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum. 1
- verb with object overlay to smother (an infant) by lying upon it, as in sleep. 1
- noun overlay something laid over something else; covering. 1
- noun overlay a layer or decoration of something applied: an overlay of gold. 1
- noun overlay 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. 1
- noun overlay a sheet of transparent paper placed over a photograph, a dummy, or other artwork for noting corrections, instructions, mechanical separations, etc. 1
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Origin of overlay
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1250-1300; See origin at over-, lay1
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Overlay
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
overlay popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
overlay usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for overlay
noun overlay
- acrylic — Acrylic material is artificial and is manufactured by a chemical process.
- ascot — a cravat with wide square ends, usually secured with an ornamental stud
- chroma — the attribute of a colour that enables an observer to judge how much chromatic colour it contains irrespective of achromatic colour present
- cover — If you cover something, you place something else over it in order to protect it, hide it, or close it.
- cravat — A cravat is a piece of folded cloth which a man wears wrapped around his neck.
verb overlay
- anodize — to coat (a metal, such as aluminium or magnesium) with a protective oxide film by electrolysis
- anodized — coated with a protective oxide film by electrolysis
- aurify — to turn into gold
- blanket — A blanket is a large square or rectangular piece of thick cloth, especially one which you put on a bed to keep you warm.
- bronzing — blue pigment producing a metallic lustre when ground into paint media at fairly high concentrations
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