overlay
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Is overlay a Scrabble word?
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Definition
verb (English)
1. (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.Examples: "Near-synonyms: cover, superimpose, superpose"; "She will now overlay the crust with fruit."; "She will now overlay fruit on top of the crust."transitive
2. (transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.Examples: "And this womans childe died in the night: because she ouerlaid it."; "a heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire"; "Prostitutes, thieves, girls who ‘overlaid’ their babies, abortionists who stuck their knitting needles into something vital – did they really need to be here?"archaictransitive
3. (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.transitive
4. (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.Examples: "[…] he has 'overlaid' his book, and has not succeeded in 'getting round' by bets against the other horses."transitive
noun (English)
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. (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.Examples: "This concept can be extended further by allowing a primary overlay to call a secondary overlay, and so on. However, we will limit ourselves here to the use of primary overlays. Before proceeding further, you need to understand the memory map of the computer, which is a diagram showing the use to which the memory of the computer is put."
6. (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.Internet
Definition source: Wiktionary