Associations to the word «Overlay»

OVERLAY, verb. (transitive) To lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover.

OVERLAY, verb. To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

OVERLAY, verb. (transitive) (now rare) (archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate. [from 14th c.]

OVERLAY, verb. (transitive) (printing) To put an overlay on.

OVERLAY, noun. (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.

OVERLAY, noun. (betting) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.

OVERLAY, noun. (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.

OVERLAY, noun. A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.

OVERLAY, 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, noun. A layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface.

OVERLAY, verb. Put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy".

OVERLAY, verb. Kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets".