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o·ver·lay

verb
  1. cover the surface of (something) with a coating.
    "their fingernails were overlaid with silver or gold"
    synonyms: cover, face, surface, veneer, inlay, laminate, carpet, blanket, swathe, cloak, veil, shroud, overspread, encrust, smear, daub, bedaub, coat, plaster, plate, varnish, glaze, wash, suffuse
  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"
    synonyms: covering, layer, face, surface, veneer, lamination, encrustation, carpet, blanket, sheet, curtain, canopy, cover, cloak, veil, pall, shroud, screen, mask, cloud, envelope, coat, smear, daub, plating, varnish, glaze, wash
  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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8 days ago · The meaning of OVERLAY is to lay or spread over or across : superimpose. How to use overlay in a sentence.
something such as a transparent layer or image that can be put over something else, for example to add information or show a relationship between two things:.
verb · to lay or place something over or upon (something else) · often foll by with to cover, overspread, or conceal (with) · foll by with to cover (a surface) ...
8 senses: (ˌəʊvəˈleɪ ) 1. to lay or place something over or upon (something else) 2. to cover, overspread, or conceal (with).
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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 ...
A spatial operation in which two or more maps or layers registered to a common coordinate system are superimposed, either digitally or on a transparent ...
OVERLAY meaning: to cover (something) with a layer of another material often + with often used figuratively.
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overlay ; inflections: overlays, overlaying, overlaid ; definition 1: to set or lay (something) over something. She overlaid the next floor plan on the stack of ...
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Overlay refers to an asset management style that uses software to harmonize an investor's separately managed accounts. The overlay system analyzes any portfolio ...