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Synonyms for overlay
ˌoʊ vərˈleɪ; ˈoʊ vərˌleɪ
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Princeton's WordNet
sheathing, overlay, overlayer(noun)
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 exterior
overlay(verb)
a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
overlay, cover(verb)
put something on top of something else
"cover the meat with a lot of gravy"
Synonyms:
brood, get over, embrace, plow, wrap up, enshroud, compensate, breed, encompass, continue, treat, hatch, incubate, report, track, extend, cut across, overlie, cut through, deal, shroud, underwrite, overcompensate, address, spread over, hide, traverse, pass over, comprehend, handle, cover, cross, get across, cover up, insureoverlie, overlay(verb)
kill by lying on
"The sow overlay her piglets"
Dictionary of English Synonymes
overlay(v. a.)
Synonyms:
cover, spread overoverlay(v. a.)
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases:
superposition, overlap, overlapping, superimpose, coating, superimposition, tipped
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Words popularity by usage frequency
| rank | word | |
|---|---|---|
| #224 | report | |
| #249 | address | |
| #701 | track | |
| #846 | cover | |
| #1056 | continue | |
| #1083 | cross | |
| #1274 | deal | |
| #2465 | handle | |
| #2880 | hide | |
| #3758 | treat | |
| #4532 | extend | |
| #7484 | breed | |
| #8809 | coating | |
| #10044 | insure | |
| #10795 | embrace | |
| #11770 | hatch | |
| #12058 | overlap | |
| #14438 | overlay | |
| #15260 | compensate | |
| #16278 | traverse | |
| #17094 | overlapping | |
| #20259 | encompass | |
| #21181 | comprehend | |
| #21246 | tipped | |
| #24516 | plow | |
| #25681 | brood | |
| #31722 | shroud | |
| #50568 | superposition | |
| #59675 | underwrite | |
| #60545 | incubate | |
| #62334 | sheathing | |
| #116473 | superimpose | |
| #151899 | superimposition | |
| #201275 | overlie | |
| #249758 | overlayer | |
| #257351 | overcompensate |
Translations for overlay
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- غطاءArabic
- překrytíCzech
- revestimiento, cubrirSpanish
- peitepaperi, peittää, päällystää, tukahduttaaFinnish
- recouvrirFrench
- borításHungarian
- hamparanIndonesian
- coperturaItalian
- 覆う, 被せる, 乗せるJapanese
- paparuaMāori
- narzutaPolish
- sobreposiçãoPortuguese
- lớp phủVietnamese
- 覆蓋Chinese
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