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Overlay

Definition: Overlay

Overlay

Noun

1. 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.

Verb

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

2. Kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "overlay" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references)

Note: Overlay \O`ver*lay"\, transitive verb. [imperfect & past participle. Overlaid; Overlaying.]. (references)

 

Specialty Definition: Overlay

DomainDefinition

Building & Civil Engineering

The overlay consists of a 40mm wearing course and a 60mm base course on top of the existing road. Source: European Union. (references)

Computing

A segment that is not permanently maintained in internal storage. Source: European Union. (references)
 In a computer program, a segment that is not permanently maintained in internal storage. Source: European Union. (references)
 One or more additional transparent sheets with lettering or other matter that may be placed over a base transparency or an opaque background. Source: European Union. (references)
 A transparent sheet containing graphic matter (as map data) to be superimposed on another sheet. Source: European Union. (references)

Electrical Engineering

Said of double diffused epitaxial transistor having separate emitters which are connected together by means of diffusion and metallizing to increase the edge-to-area ratio of the emitters. Source: European Union. (references)
 Electronic method of combining in one picture a foreground taken from one source and a background from another source, the unwanted parts of each portion of the picture being suppressed by masking. Source: European Union. (references)

Industry

A)a sheet material, e. g. plastic, bonded to the surface of(mainly)panel products so as to provide a protective or decorative face, increased strength, or a base for painting; b)one or more sheets of paper impregnated with resin and used as face material, mainly over plywood, but also on lumber or other products. Source: European Union. (references)

Mining

A. Scot. The material above the rock in a quarry. See also:overburde b. Graphic data on a transparent or translucent sheet to be superimpossed on another sheet (such as a map or photograph) to show details not appearing, or requiring special emphasis, on the original. Also, themedium or sheet containing an overlay. (references)

Post & Telecom

A new network which operates separately from the existing public telephone network, and does not interconnect with it. Source: European Union. (references)

Publishing & Graphic Arts

Paste-on note added to proof or copy. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: Overlay

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField
OVLYEnglishOverlayComputing

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Synonyms: Overlay

Synonyms: overlayer (n), sheathing (n), cover (v), overlie (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Overlay

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Activity

Outdo; overdo, overact, overlay, overshoot the mark; make a toil of a pleasure.

Covering

Verb: cover; superpose, superimpose; overlay, overspread; wrap; encase, incase; face, case, veneer, pave, paper; tip, cap, bind; bulkhead, bulkhead in; clapboard.

Veneer, facing; overlay; plate, silver plate, gold plate, copper plate; engobe; ormolu; Sheffield plate; pavement; coating, paint; varnish; (resin) a; plating, barrel plating, anointing; Verb: enamel; epitaxial deposition, vapor deposition; ground, whitewash, plaster, spackel, stucco, compo; cerement; ointment; (grease).

Exaggeration

Verb: exaggerate, magnify, pile up, aggravate; amplify; (expand); overestimate; hyperbolize; overcharge, overstate, overdraw, overlay, overshoot the mark, overpraise; make over much, over the most of; strain, strain over a point; stretch, stretch a point; go great lengths; spin a long yarn; draw with a longbow, shoot with a longbow; deal in the marvelous.

Ornament

Verb: ornament, overlay with ornament, overcharge; smell of the lamp.

Redundancy

Verb: superabound, overabound; know no bounds, swarm; meet one at every turn; creep with, crawl with, bristle with; overflow; run over, flow over, well over, brim over; run riot; overrun, overstock, overlay, overcharge, overdose, overfeed, overburden, overload, overdo, overwhelm, overshoot the mark; (go beyond); surcharge, supersaturate, gorge, glut, load, drench, whelm, inundate, deluge, flood; drug, drug the market; hepatize.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Overlay

English words defined with "overlay": Ceilgilder, GlaseOverlaid, Overlaying, overliesplash. (references)
Specialty definitions using "overlay": bit planechild process, cut a tapeDDO, digital map, Dynamic Drive Overlayfaced plywood, FIELD-MAP EDITOR, fire capabilities chartGRAVES REGISTRATION SPECIALISTInlaysNAILING-MACHINE OPERATOR, AUTOMATICOcclusal Splints, overlaid plywoodparallax ladder, parallax wedge, PROOFER, PREPRESSsegmented program, Station Managementto stencil. (references)
Etymologies containing "overlay": Overlie. (references)
Non-English Usage: "Overlay" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses.

German (overlay), Portuguese (overlay).

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Commercial Usage: Overlay

DomainTitle

Books

  • Overlay Drafting Systems (reference)

  • Overlay Drafting: A Primer for the Building Design Team (reference)

  • The Great Standard Migration: IS-136 TDMA Moves to GSM/GPRS Overlay [DOWNLOAD: PDF] (reference)

  • The Overlay of Random and Order: Selected Poems (reference)

  • Value-Based Power Trading: Using the Overlay Demand Curve to Pinpoint Trends & Predict Market Turns (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

High Tech

  

Consumer Goods

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Overlay

Illustrations:
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Digital Photo Gallery: Overlay
 

"Litchen_yelllow" by archgimp
Commentary: "This was a nice yellow patch of litchen I've used a few times to add an interesting texture overlay - but do with it as you will 87)."
"TV Screen" by Christie Ortiz
Commentary: "A commercial with some oranges. Makes for a great texture or overlay layer in photoshop."

Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers.

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Use in Literature: Overlay

TitleAuthorQuote

Les Miserables

Hugo, Victor

At the instant when the moonbeam overlay, so to speak, this inward radiance, the sleeping bishop appeared as if in a halo

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Overlay

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The interior contractor charged USD 272 (300,000 won) per pyong for installation of plywood boards with a 10 mm laminated maple overlay. (references)

Economic History

Pakistan

Legal System - Pakistan's legal system is based on British law, with a more recent overlay of Islamic law. (references)

Political Economy

GERMANY

The government, as noted, has pursued tax reform, but the significant tax overlay encompassing federal, state and local taxes remains one of the highest tax burdens in the world. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Overlay

"Overlay" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 70.00% of the time. "Overlay" is used about 100 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)70%7039,981
Lexical Verb (infinitive)15%1590,616
Lexical Verb (base form)15%1590,616
                    Total100.00%100N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Overlay

Expressions using "overlay": dynamic Drive Overlay overlay segment overlay technique paper plastic overlay radar scope overlay target overlay transparent overlay. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "overlay": overlay-stroke-emblem.

Ending with "overlay": extra-added-indie-generic-overlay.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Overlay

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

holographic id overlay

93

keyboard overlay plastic spanish

7

overlay

86

colored overlay

7

concrete overlay

65

medium density overlay

7

clear id overlay

51

arcade control overlay panel

7

stained glass overlay

40

digital overlay

7

graphic overlay

38

weld overlay

6

create failed overlay

20

gauge overlay

6

drive dynamic overlay

17

overlay paper

6

coating high overlay quality system

16

overlay glass

6

video overlay

14

stain glass overlay

6

mattress overlay

13

drive overlay

6

overlay hinge

13

asphalt material overlay patching

5

full overlay page

13

glass overlay silver

5

overlay panel

11

silver overlay

5

cad overlay

10

concrete decorative overlay

5

keyboard overlay

10

create failed overlay windvd

5

overlay stencil

10

video overlay technology

5

cement overlay

10

id overlay transparent

5

touch screen overlay

9

control panel overlay

5

vellum overlay

9

coverage overlay

5
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Overlay

Language Translations for "overlay"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

bekleed (clothe, cover, dress), beklee (clothe, cover, dress, occupy, take). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

veshje (apparel, array, article of clothing, ascription, attire, attribution, clothes, clothing, cloudiness, dress, dressing, fig, furnishings, garb, garment, garments, gear, guise, habiliments, habit, incrustation, outfit, papering, raggery, raiment, sheath, strip, suit, tog, toggery, togs, vesture, wear), vesh (accredit, apparel, array, arrogate, ascribe, attire, attribute, back, cannon, clothe, coat, cover up, Don, dress, ear, endue, enrobe, face, garb, gird, hanger, impute, inlay, invest, line, lug, paper, pop, pull on, put on, raceme, revet, sheathe, tapestry, throw on, tog, vesture, wear, whack), vë njera mbi tjetrën, mbulim (cover, cover up, coverage, disguise, dissimulation, roofing, veiling), mbulesë (bonnet, cloth, clothes, clothing, coat, counterpane, cover, curtain, dustsheet, envelope, envelopment, folder, haircloth, hood, mantle, overcast, Pall, pod, seating, suffusion, throw, vesture). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏كسا بطنب, ‏كسا (array, attire, cake, clothe, coat, cover, drape, dress, encase, endue, equip, face, fur, garb, garment, gird, glaze, invest, panel, plate, rig out, robe, sheathe, spread, suit, turn out), ‏غطاء في الكمبيوتر, ‏غطاء (bed clothes, casement, casing, clothing, coat, coating, cot, cover, cover up, covering, coverlet, envelope, facing, housing, jacket, lid, robe, roofing, rug, shroud, tarpaulin, tilt, top, vesture, wrapping), ‏غشى (cloud, mist, trance), ‏غشاء (capsule, diaphragm, envelope, film, integument, membrane, tegument, velum), ‏طلاء (enamel, facing, gilding, glaze, grout, paint, size, varnish), ‏خنق (asphyxiate, choke, flummox, garrote, neck, overpower, sizzle, stifle, strangle, strangulate, strangulation, stultify, suffocate, suffocation, throttle, throttling, worry), ‏أوراق تضاف إلى رفاد الآلة الطابعة. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

шалче (cravat, hanky, kerchief, neckerchief, scarf), горен лист, връзка (alliance, association, bond, bunch, cement, channel, communication, concatenation, connection, connexion, contact, copula, cord, coupler, intercommunication, lace, leverage, liaison, ligament, ligature, link, nexus, noose, point, reference, regard, relation, relationship, relevance, relevancy, string, tie, touch), облицовка (coat, facing, lining, onlay, paneling, panelling, revetment, tiling, veneer), облицовам (coat, face, front, incase, line, revet), настилка (floor, ground, lagging, pave), наслоявам (layer, stratify), малка покривка, покривам (bestride, cap, case, clothe, coat, cope, cover, cover up, deck, defray, do over, encase, encrust, enshroud, film, horse, invest, mantle, overcast, overlie, overspread, pave, pit, pustulate, sheet, surmount, vesture, wreathe), подложка (bolster, chock, cushion, insert, insertion, mat, pad, padding, planch, rest, saddle, seat, seating, sole, stock), подлепям (glue, paste, tape), подлагам (put to), пласт (bed, coat, layer, mine, ply, region, sheet, stratum, thickness), дървена инкрустация. (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

覆盖物 (Covering). (various references)

   

Czech

  

obložit (garnish), povlak (coating, cover, fur, plateful, slip, tick), povléci (cover, sheathe, spread), potah (tidy), pokrýt (cover, drape, embower, encase, meet, paper, smother, spread), nátìr (coating, paint, varnish, veneer). (various references)

   

Danish

  

overliggende segment (overlay segment), overfladevaekst (mycelial weft), overlagring (overlay technique), overlagsnet, overlay (overlay segment, overlay technique), overlay-teknik (overlay technique), overskrivning (overlay technique), overlay-net, trickindblænding, papirstrimmel (paper tape, perforated tape, punch tape, punched paper tape, punched tape, tape), beklædning (article of dress, garment), stromalignende vaekst (mycelial weft), tilretning (cutting of overlays, justification, justifying), transparent kort (viewgraph), transparent side (transparent overlay), belaegning (carpet, coating, coverings, deck, paving, seizure, skim coating). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

overlappen (overlap). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

tegi (cover), kovri parte. (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

klæða (cover). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

پوشیدن (Don, Hide, Wear), پوشش (Armature, Camouflage, Capsule, Casing, Coating, Cover, Envelope, Gear, Mantle, Robe, Roof, Shale, Shield, Shroud, Tunic), زیادبارکردن (Overload, Surcharge), اندود (Casing, Coating), رویهم قراردادن (Laminate). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

pintakerros (superficial layer, topsoil), peittokuva, päällyskerros, läpikuultava peitekartta (viewgraph), kerrostusverkko, kerrostuslohko (overlay segment), kerrostus, kerrostaminen (overlay technique), katteeseen levinnyt rihmasto (mycelial weft). (various references)

   

French

  

recouvrir (overwrite), revêtement (paper plastic overlay). (various references)

   

German

  

Overlay (paper plastic overlay), überziehen (camp up, coat, cover, encase, film, frost, ice, invade, overdraw, overrun, plate, put on, sheathe, slip on, stall, to coat, to cover, to exceed the time limit, to sheathe). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μυκήλιο επιφάνειας (mycelial weft), υπέρθεση (overlapping, overlay technique), υπερκείμενο (hypertext), επένδυση (casing, coating, investment, plating), επικάλυμμα (coat), επικάλυψη (overlap, sheathing, topping), επικαλύπτω (coat, overlap, overspread), Eπικάλυψη της επιφάνειας. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

borítás (encasement, jacket, revetment, shroud, skin of aircraft, veneer, wainscoting, wrap). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

membebani tanggungjawab, melapisi. (various references)

   

Italian

  

copertura (casing, cover, cover up, coverage, covering, lid). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

オートマチック車 (autoload, auto-manipulator, automat, automatic camera for detecting and recording speeding vehicles, automatic repeat, automatic return, automatic reverse, automatic transmission car, automation, automaton, automobile, autoracing, auto-raise, awning, ball hit over the head of an outfielder, convertible, eau de toilette, exaggeration, exceeding, going beyond, hors d'oeuvre, oatmeal, OB, ode, old boy, open, open account, open caption, open course, open game, open golf, open sandwich, open side, open system, open toaster, open-air, open-end mortgage, opener, opening, opening game, opening number, orb, orbiter, ornament, out-of-bounds, oven, oven toaster, over, over doctor, over fence, over par, overaction, overall, overblouse, overbooking, overborrowing, overcharge, overcoat, overdraft, overdrive, overdub, overflow, overhand, overhand pass, overhand throw, overhang, overhaul, overhaul net, overhead, overhead pass, overhead projector, overheat, overkill, overlap, overload, overloading, overloan, overnight, overnight bag, overnight photo service, overpace, overpresence, overproof, override, overrun, overshoes, overskill, overslide, overstep, overtime, overture, overweight, overwork, overwrite, overzone, owner, owner system, owner-driver, owner-pilot, self-locking, water of life). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

オーバーレー , オーバーレイ , オーバレイ . (various references)

   

Korean 

  

오바레이 (Overlaid). (various references)

   

Manx

  

quilt lhiabbagh. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

overlayay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

cobrir (bescreen, blanket, case, clapboard, clothe, coat, come over, cope, cover, cover up, curtain, daub, deck, drape, encase, enfold, face, fleece, incase, mantle, muffle, overgrow, overlie, overspread, pelt, putty, serve, shell, sow, spread, suffuse, to collect, to cover, top, wrap). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

strat (bed, coating, film, layer, ledge, lick, mantle, measures, ply, ridge, seam, sheet, stratum), heterodina, faţã de masã (antimacassar, cloth, table cloth), cravatã (choker, cravat, neckcloth, neckerchief, necklace, necktie, neck-tie, scarf, tie), acoperire (covering, defrayal, margin, roofing), acoperi (adorn, bedeck, cap, cloak, conceal, cover, deck, defilade, defray, disguise, Harbor, harbour, hide, hood, mantle, obfuscate, overgrow, overlap, overspread, paint, pepper, protect, roof, sheathe, shelter, sow, span, straw, suffuse, top, varnish, veil). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

покрышка (bonnet, cover, covering, lid, mantle, overlap, tyre), покрывать (bespread, ceil, coat, coates, cover, deck, defray, mantle, overspread, sheet, top), покрывало (bedspread, carpet, counterpane, cover, covering, coverlet, coverlid, spathe, spread, tapis, throw, veil), перекрытие (ceiling, floor, overlap), перекрывать оверлей оверлейный, перекрывать (lap, overlap, re-cover, span, straddling, wrap over). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

okovati (chain, enchain, enfetter, gyve, manacle, metal, shackle, stud), obložiti (coat, cover, encase, incase, inlay, panel, plate, revet, sheathe), prevući (overspread, plate, pull over), prekriti (cover, embower), šema na oleati. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

vestir (apparel, clothe, cover, dress, get up, robe, wear), forrar (Bush, cover, face, lag, line, serve, sheathe). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

ytmycel (mycelial weft), ytbeläggning, transparang (viewgraph), täcka över (cover, cover up), struktur med överlagringsgeometri, lappning (patch, patching), beläggningsfolie (paper plastic overlay), beklädnadsfolie (paper plastic overlay), överlagringssegment (overlay segment, overlays), överlagring (overlay technique, overloading), överlägg. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

yüklemek (ascribe, burden, charge, embark, encumber, fasten, fasten on, father, foist, freight, hand over, heap, impose, impute, inflict, Lade, lay, lay on, lay smth. at one's door, load, offload, pin, pitch, plant, put, put down, saddle, shift, stack, store, weight), kaplama (casing, covering, cowl, encrustation, facing, fairing, incrustation, lining, overgrowth, overlap, plated, plating, revetment, sheath, sheathing, skin, veneering), fazla yüklemek (overburden, overcharge, overload, supercharge, surcharge), bindirmek (bump, clash, crash into, embark, foul, Mount, pile up), üzerine sürmek, üstünü kaplamak, üst ek sayfa, örtü (blanket, canopy, caparison, cloak, cloth, coat, cope, cover, covering, envelope, garment, hood, layout, mantle, nappe, secundine, shroud, spread, throw, veil, wrap, wrapper). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

схема на кальці, серветка (doily, napkin, serviette, table napkin, towel), краватка (ascot, bow, cravat, necktie, tie), приладжування, покришка (case, casing, cope), покривати фарбою (coat with paint), покривало (bedcover, carpet, cerement, coverlet, coverlid, veil), перекривати (bestride, bridge, ceil, imbricate, lap over, oppilate, overlap, overspan, shut, span). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Overlay

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

lesem, levi, levistis, levit, lineam, lineas, lini, liniebant, linies, liniretur, liniri, linitionem, liniunt, linivit, lino, linoque, linui, linuit, linunt, lita, litura, litus, perfuderit, perfudisti, perfunderentur, perfusa, perfusam, perliniens. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Overlay

LanguageDateSourceExodus Chapter 25, Verse 13
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintPoihseiV de anaforeiV xula ashpta kai katacruswseiV auta crusiw
Latin405VulgateFacies quoque vectes de lignis setthim et operies eos auro
Middle English1395WyclifAnd thow shalt make berynge staues of the trees of Sychym, and thow shalt couere hem with gold,
Renaissance English1526TyndaleAnd thou shalt make staues of sethim wodd and couer them with golde,
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd thou shalt make staffs of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd make rods of the same wood, plating them with gold.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Overlay

LanguageExodus Chapter 25, Verse 13
CebuanoUg magbuhat ka ug mga yayongan sa kahoy nga acacia, nga sila hal-upan mo ug bulawan:
CroatianOd bagremova drva napravi i motke te ih u zlato okuj.
DanishSå skal du lave Bærestænger af Akacietræ og overtrække dem med Guld,
DutchEn maak handbomen van sittimhout, en overtrek ze met goud.
FinnishJa tee korennot akasiapuusta ja päällystä ne kullalla.
FrenchTu feras des barres de bois d`acacia, et tu les couvriras d`or.
GermanUnd mache Stangen von Akazienholz und überziehe sie mit Gold
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBuatlah juga pengusungnya dari kayu akasia dan lapisi itu dengan emas,
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaDan perbuatkanlah kayu pengusung dari pada kayu penaga dan salutkanlah dia dengan emas.
ItalianFarai stanghe di legno di acacia e le rivestirai d'oro.
MaoriMe hanga ano e koe etahi rakau amo, ki te hitimi te rakau, ka whakakikorua hoki ki te koura;
NorwegianSå skal du gjøre stenger av akasietre og klæ dem med gull.
PortugueseTambém farás varais de madeira de acácia, que cobrirás de ouro.   
RumanianSq faci niwte drugi de lemn de salckm, wi sq -i poleiewti cu aur.
RussianуДЕМБК ЙЪ ДЕТЕЧБ УЙФФЙН ЫЕУФЩ Й ПВМПЦЙ ЙИ ЪПМПФПН;
SpanishHarás unas varas de madera de acacia, las cuales recubrirás de oro;
SwedishOch du skall göra stänger av akacieträ och överdraga dem med guld.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Overlay

Derivations

Words beginning with "overlay": overlaying, overlays. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Overlay" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Alverley, Everley, Iverley, overal, overlet, overlit. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Overlay

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: layover.

Words within the letters "a-e-l-o-r-v-y"

-1 letter: overly, volery.

-2 letters: early, laevo, laver, layer, leary, leavy, lover, ovary, ravel, relay, royal, valor, vealy, velar, volar.

-3 letters: aero, aery, aloe, arvo, aryl, aver, earl, eyra, lave, lear, leva, levo, levy, lore, lory, love, lyre, olea, oral, orle, oval, over, oyer, rale, rave, real, rely, role, rove, vale, vary, veal, vela, vera.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-l-o-r-v-y"
 

+1 letter: layovers, overlays, overplay.

 

+2 letters: overplays, removably.

 

+3 letters: abortively, alveolarly, levorotary, observably, overlaying, overplayed, ravenously, revelatory, rotatively.

 

+4 letters: cavernously, formatively, hortatively, irremovably, irrevocably, marvelously, nonverbally, normatively, observantly, operatively, overanalyze, overplaying, valedictory, vectorially, ventilatory, veraciously, viceroyalty.

 

+5 letters: behaviorally, cadaverously, clairvoyance, decoratively, derogatively, evolutionary, levorotatory, overanalyses, overanalysis, overanalyzed, overanalyzes, overclassify, overliterary, pejoratively, preovulatory, proverbially, removability.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Digital Art
7. Quotations: Fiction
8. Quotations: Non-fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Expressions
11. Expressions: Internet
12. Translations: Modern
13. Translations: Ancient
14. Bible Trace
15. Abbreviations
16. Acronyms
17. Derivations
18. Anagrams
19. Bibliography


  

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