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Synonyms for overlay
ˌoʊ vərˈleɪ; ˈoʊ vərˌleɪover·lay

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  1. sheathing, overlay, overlayernoun

    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

    Synonyms:
    overlayer, sheathing

  2. overlayverb

    a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface

    Synonyms:
    overlayer, sheathing

  3. overlay, coververb

    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, insure

  4. overlie, overlayverb

    kill by lying on

    "The sow overlay her piglets"

    Synonyms:
    cover, overlie

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Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. overlayverb

    Synonyms:
    cover, spread over

  2. overlayverb

    Synonyms:
    crush, smother

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How to use overlay in a sentence?

  1. Jessica Kitt:

    We also found that you can overlay the zoomies on top of the cone, and people understand the forecast better, in fact, if they have practice with this, they do a better job of interpreting the NHC cone after this experience than if they did not see the zoomies paired with the cone. So a simple switch for meteorologists might be to show zoomies with the cone.

  2. Richard Peck:

    The political overlay of this case is remarkable, that's probably the one thing that sets it apart from any other extradition case I've ever seen. It's got this cloud of politicization hanging over it.

  3. Merle Maigre:

    The goal of this exercise is to test and train the defense side, and Red Team is providing fire to make the defense stronger, what makes the exercise special is the focus on specialized systems, such as electricity, telecommunications, public utilities, which ultimately are all controlled by IT. But on top of that, we have married a strategic overlay, so within the Blue Teams there is also a layer of strategic decision makers -- policy experts, legal experts, strategic communications experts.

  4. Ruy Teixeira:

    It's another overlay to the conclusion that there are some parts of the white non-college population that are open to Democrats and can be moved a few points in your direction.

  5. Erik Gartland:

    Despite some popular notions of housing hardship, like expecting more impact in coastal areas where housing costs are highest, hardship was concentrated in southern states, this overlay of race and hardship reflects systemic racism and pre-pandemic disparities in housing that has grown as we have seen a disproportionate impact of the pandemic on Black and Latino workers.


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