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verb
- 1. cover the surface of (something) with a coating: "their fingernails were overlaid with silver or gold"
- 2. (of a quality or feeling) become more prominent than (a previous quality or feeling): "his openness had been overlaid by his new self-confidence"
noun
- 1. something laid as a covering over something else: "a durable, cost-effective floor overlay"
- 2. the process of transferring a block of program code or other data into internal memory, replacing what is already stored.
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overlay. From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English o‧ver‧lay1 /ˌəʊvəˈleɪ $ ˌoʊvər-/ verb (past tense and past participle overlaid) [ transitive] 1 to cover or be on top of something be overlaid with something The wood is overlaid with silver. 2 if one quality, sound etc overlays another, it is added to it and is often ...
overlay something (with something) (literary) to add something, especially a feeling or quality, to something else so that it seems to cover it. The place was overlaid with memories of his childhood. See overlay in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Check pronunciation: overlay.
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. Printing. to put an overlay upon. See more. noun. something laid over something else; covering. a layer or decoration of something applied: an overlay of gold.
In a general computing sense, overlaying means "the process of transferring a block of program code or other data into main memory, replacing what is already stored". [1] . Overlaying is a programming method that allows programs to be larger than the computer's main memory. [2] .
Noun. Filter. verb. overlaid, overlaying, overlays. To lay or spread over. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To cover or overspread, as with a decorative layer of something. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. To embellish superficially. A simple tune that was overlaid with ornate harmonies. American Heritage.
Britannica Dictionary definition of OVERLAY. 1. : material that covers the complete surface or part of the surface of something and that changes its appearance. [noncount] a silver ring with gold overlay. [count] The wooden table has a marble overlay. — often used figuratively.
5 days ago · overlay. If something is overlaid with something else, it is covered by it. The floor was overlaid with rugs of oriental design. If something is overlaid with a feeling or quality, that feeling or quality is the most noticeable one, but there may be deeper and more important ones involved.
