Dictionary Entry
overlie
overlie is a 7-letter English word with 3 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant. Face value is 10 in Scrabble and 12 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 10 · Words With Friends 12 · 3 senses
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- 1transitive verb
To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.
- 2verb
kill by lying on
"The sow overlay her piglets"
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- 3verb
lie upon; lie on top of
"the granite overlies the older rocks"
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