overlap

overlap is a 7-letter English word with 8 senses as transitive/intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lap over; to lap. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 15 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

7 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 15 · 8 senses

Definitions

1. transitive/intransitive verb. To lap over; to lap.
2. noun. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.
3. noun. An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.
4. noun. a flap that lies over another part

   "the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches"

   Synonyms: lap

5. noun. the property of partial coincidence in time
6. noun. a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena

   "there was no overlap between their proposals"

   Synonyms: convergence, intersection

7. verb. coincide partially or wholly

   "Our vacations overlap"

8. verb. extend over and cover a part of

   "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city"

Synonyms

lap, convergence, intersection

Common word forms

overlaps, overlapped, overlapping

Words from these letters

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