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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•laid (ō′vər lād′),USA pronunciation v. - Historypt. and pp. of overlay 1.
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•lay1 /v. ˌoʊvɚˈleɪ; n. ˈoʊvɚˌleɪ/USA pronunciation v., -laid, -lay•ing, n. v. [~ + object] - to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another:to overlay fertilizer on the soil.
- to cover with something:to overlay the soil with fertilizer.
- to finish or decorate with an overlay:The wood was overlaid with gold.
n. [countable] - something laid over something else.
- a decorative layer put on top of something.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024o•ver•lay1 (v. ō′vər lā′;n. ō′vər lā′),USA pronunciation v., -laid, -lay•ing, n. v.t. - to lay or place (one thing) over or upon another.
- to cover, overspread, or surmount with something.
- to finish with a layer or applied decoration of something:wood richly overlaid with gold.
- Printingto put an overlay upon.
n. - something laid over something else;
covering. - a layer or decoration of something applied:an overlay of gold.
- [Print.]
- Printinga 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.
- Printinga 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.
- Printingthe sheet or sheets so prepared.
- Printinga sheet of transparent paper placed over a photograph, a dummy, or other artwork for noting corrections, instructions, mechanical separations, etc.
- Computingsoftware or data in external storage and brought into main storage for execution by replacing or augmenting software or data already there.
- Militarya transparent sheet giving special military information not ordinarily shown on maps, used by being placed over the map on which it is based.
- Clothinga decorative piece of leather or other material stitched on a shoe.
- Clothing, Scottish Terms[Scot.]a cravat.
- 1250–1300; Middle English; see over-, lay1
o•ver•lay2 (ō′vər lā′),USA pronunciation v. - pt. of overlie.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: overlay vb /ˌəʊvəˈleɪ/ ( -lays, -laying, -laid)(transitive)- to lay or place something over or upon (something else)
- (often followed by with) to cover, overspread, or conceal (with)
- (followed by with) to cover (a surface) with an applied decoration: ebony overlaid with silver
- to achieve the correct printing pressure all over (a forme or plate) by adding to the appropriate areas of the packing
n /ˈəʊvəˌleɪ/- something that is laid over something else; covering
- an applied decoration or layer, as of gold leaf
- a transparent sheet giving extra details to a map or diagram over which it is designed to be placed
- material, such as paper, used to overlay a forme or plate
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