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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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7 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 ...
OVERLAY meaning: to cover (something) with a layer of another material often + with often used figuratively.
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An overlay is a procedure that estimates the attributes of one or more features by superimposing them over other features, and figuring out the extent to which ...
Overlay refers to an asset management style that uses software to harmonize an investor's separately managed accounts. The overlay system analyzes any portfolio ...
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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