overlay

verb · nounB1

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Động từ

verb

V_es/s

overlays

V_ing/Gerund

overlaying

V_ed/pp

overlaidoverlayed

1.
(transitive)To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
Near-synonyms: cover, superimpose, superpose
She will now overlay the crust with fruit.
She will now overlay fruit on top of the crust.
Đồng nghĩa: cover, superimpose, superpose
2.
To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
3.
(archaic, transitive)(transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.
4.
(transitive)(transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
5.
(transitive)(transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
6.
(form of, past)simple past of overlie

Danh từ

noun

Plural noun:

overlays

1.
(photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
2.
(printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
3.
(gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
4.
(horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
5.
A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
Đồng nghĩa: keystrip
6.
(programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
7.
(Internet)A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
8.
(Scotland)A cravat.
9.
A covering over something else.

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Đồng nghĩa

cover superimpose superposekeystrip

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Nguồn gốc từ

From Middle English overleyen, from Old English oferleċġan, from *obarlaggjan, from Proto-Germanic *uberlagjaną, equivalent to over- + lay. Cognate with uurläze, úurlääse, overleggen, overleggen, överleggen, überlegen, överlägga, overlegge. Compare overlie.