overlay
verb
• cover the surface of (something) with a coating.
• "their fingernails were overlaid with silver or gold"
Similar:
cover,
face,
surface,
veneer,
inlay,
laminate,
carpet,
blanket,
swathe,
cloak,
veil,
shroud,
overspread,
encrust,
smear,
daub,
bedaub,
coat,
plaster,
plate,
varnish,
glaze,
wash,
suffuse,
• (of a quality or feeling) become more prominent than (a previous quality or feeling).
• "his openness had been overlaid by his new self-confidence"
overlay
noun
• something laid as a covering over something else.
• "a durable, cost-effective floor overlay"
Similar:
covering,
layer,
face,
surface,
veneer,
lamination,
encrustation,
carpet,
blanket,
sheet,
curtain,
canopy,
cover,
cloak,
veil,
pall,
shroud,
screen,
mask,
cloud,
envelope,
coat,
smear,
daub,
plating,
varnish,
glaze,
wash,
• the process of transferring a block of program code or other data into internal memory, replacing what is already stored.
overlay
verb
• past of overlie.
overlie
verb
• lie on top of.
• "soft clays overlie the basalt"
