overlay

overlay is a 7-letter English word with 10 senses as transitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon. Face value is 13 in Scrabble and 14 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 13 · Words With Friends 14 · 10 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
2. transitive verb. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.
3. transitive verb. To put an overlay on.
4. noun. A covering.
5. noun. A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
6. past tense. of Overlie
7. noun. a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
8. 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

   Synonyms: overlayer, sheathing

9. verb. kill by lying on

   "The sow overlay her piglets"

   Synonyms: overlie

10. verb. put something on top of something else

    "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"

    Synonyms: cover

Synonyms

overlayer, sheathing, overlie, cover

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in overlay:

layover

Common word forms

overlays, overlayed, overlayer, overlaying

Words from these letters

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