overlay

== English == === Etymology 1 === From Middle English overleyen, from Old English oferleċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *obarlaggjan, from Proto-Germanic *uberlagjaną, equivalent to over- +‎ lay. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurläze, úurlääse, Dutch overleggen, German Low German overleggen, överleggen, German überlegen, Swedish överlägga, Norwegian overlegge. Compare overlie. ==== Pronunciation ==== Verb (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ō'və-lāʹ, IPA(key): /ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ/ (General American) enPR: ō'vər-lāʹ, IPA(key): /ˌoʊvɚˈleɪ/ Noun (Received Pronunciation) enPR: ōʹvə-lā', IPA(key): /ˈəʊ.vəˌleɪ/ (General American) enPR: ōʹvər-lā', IPA(key): /ˈoʊvɚˌleɪ/ Rhymes: -eɪ ==== Verb ==== overlay (third-person singular simple present overlays, present participle overlaying, simple past and past participle overlaid or overlayed) (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread. Near-synonyms: cover, superimpose, superpose To overwhelm; to press excessively upon. (transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate. [from 14th c.] (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on. (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on. ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== ==== Noun ==== overlay (plural overlays) (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive. (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place. (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds. (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances. A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys. Synonym: keystrip (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality. (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display. (Scotland) A cravat. A covering over something else. ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations ===== ===== See also ===== veneer === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== overlay simple past of overlie === References === “overlay”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === lay over, layover