1
as in coating
to form a layer over
you should apply a coat of primer first, and then overlay it with two coats of paint
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2
as in overlapping
to lie over parts of one another
cedar shingles overlaying one another on the roof
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as in underlying
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as in overlying
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Recent Examples of overlaying
Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
The pins appear to march through the entire valley, overlaying each other and clustering at the locations of ranches and farms.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
At its core, Caption with Intention is a novel captioning design system which aims to significantly augment several critical points of failure within traditional captioning by overlaying animation, color and variable typography to bring the text to life.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Noun
Last year at Connect, Meta unveiled its Orion glasses, which are a prototype capable of overlaying complex 3D visuals onto the physical world.
—Jonathan Vanian, CNBC, 20 Sep. 2025
The pins appear to march through the entire valley, overlaying each other and clustering at the locations of ranches and farms.
—Sacbee.com, 18 Sep. 2025
At its core, Caption with Intention is a novel captioning design system which aims to significantly augment several critical points of failure within traditional captioning by overlaying animation, color and variable typography to bring the text to life.
—Gus Alexiou, Forbes.com, 11 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for overlaying
Verb
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The cast-iron is further enhanced with an enamel coating that not only looks attractive, but also prevents food from sticking to the bottom.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
23 Sep. 2025
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However, the enamel coating shouldn’t be mistaken for a nonstick coating.—
Emily Johnson,
Bon Appetit Magazine,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Perhaps the most obvious example of Roberts' overlapping roles was laid out in a 2022 request for more IEDC funding from the Battery Innovation Center, where federal nonprofit filings show Roberts was serving as board chair.—
Hayleigh Colombo,
IndyStar,
25 Sep. 2025
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Yet the shows have more in common than the many overlapping names in their credits.—
Judy Berman,
Time,
23 Sep. 2025
Adjective
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The college did not advertise the underlying purpose of the land transfer ahead of Tuesday’s vote, posting only a vague agenda describing plans to convey unnamed property to Florida’s Board of Trustees of the Internal Improvement Trust Fund.—
Claire Heddles,
Miami Herald,
23 Sep. 2025
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But the underlying idea was that a reputation for keeping commitments would deter enemies and attract friends.—
Vivek Viswanathan,
The Atlantic,
22 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Welcome to Path to Playoff, the USA TODAY Sports newsletter covering all things college football and the chase for this year's national championship.—
Erick Smith,
USA Today,
29 Sep. 2025
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Turnstile bassist Franz Lyons can also be seen covering his eyes and running towards the back of the stage.—
Walden Green,
Pitchfork,
28 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Earth’s substantial atmosphere and geomagnetic field block most (but not all) of this bombardment, and the sunless interiors of worlds without these properties still get protection from overlying material.—
Emma R. Hasson,
Scientific American,
17 Aug. 2025
Adjective
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Again, the superposed vector can be decomposed into its constituents.—
Anil Ananthaswamy,
Quanta Magazine,
13 Apr. 2023
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Like entanglement, the superposed states essential to its power are fragile, collapsing when measured or otherwise perturbed by the outside world.—
Gabriel Popkin,
Science | AAAS,
3 June 2021
Cite this Entry
“Overlaying.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/overlaying. Accessed 30 Sep. 2025.
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