overlay

About 1.46 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.

   She will now overlay the crust with fruit.

2. verb To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
3. verb To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate. .mw-parser-output .defdate{font-size:smaller}
4. verb To put an overlay on.
5. verb To bet too much money on.
6. noun An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
7. noun A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
8. noun Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.

Similar words

cover sheathing overlayer overlap overlapping surface covering liner lining layering

Often followed by

of the and is on to network a with

Word family

overlaid overlaying overlays