Other forms: overlaid; overlaying; overlays; overlayed
To overlay is to cover with a coating or a layer, or to set one thing on top of another. A winter storm will sometimes overlay a dangerously slick coating of ice on top of the road.
An artist might overlay a ceramic object with gold, or overlay one piece of paper on another in a collage. The layer itself, whether it's clear plastic or cement or silver, is also called an overlay. Another kind of overlay, dating from the 1930s, is the transparent sheet of paper in a book that covers a map or other full-page illustration.
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put something on top of something else
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kill by lying on
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a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
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protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exteriortype of:protection, protective cover, protective coveringa covering that is intend to protect from damage or injury
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Vocabulary lists containing overlay
Edge: Level A, Volume 1, Unit 3, Cluster 3. Here are links to the other clusters within Unit 3: "Heart Beat" and "Behind the Bulk", "I Go Along" and "Theme for English B", "The Pale Mare" and "Caged Bird"
As a baby, Crow was discovered in a boat adrift at sea and raised on an isolated island off of Cape Cod. When twelve-year-old Crow spots a fire on a nearby island, once the home of a leper colony, she begins to investigate her own past.
Donald Zinkoff is clumsy, enthusiastic, and often oblivious to how others perceive him — but even when others are unkind, Donald remains true to himself.