Usually means: Layering one thing over another.
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We found 48 dictionaries that define the word overlay:

General (25 matching dictionaries)
  1. overlay: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. overlay: Merriam-Webster
  3. overlay, overlay: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. overlay, overlay: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. overlay: Collins English Dictionary
  6. overlay: Vocabulary.com
  7. Overlay, overlay: Wordnik
  8. overlay: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. overlay: Wiktionary
  10. overlay: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. overlay: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. overlay: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. Overlay, overlay: Dictionary.com
  14. overlay (v.): Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. Overlay (operating system), Overlay (poker), Overlay (programming), Overlay: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  16. Overlay: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. overlay: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. overlay: Rhymezone
  19. Overlay: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. overlay: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. overlay: FreeDictionary.org
  22. overlay: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. overlay: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. overlay: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. OVERLAY: Band Terms
  3. Technical Glossary of Theatre Terms (No longer online)
  4. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)
  5. ODLIS: Online Dictionary of Library and Information Science (No longer online)

Business (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. Construction Term Glossary (No longer online)
  2. Overlay: Investopedia
  3. overlay: Legal dictionary

Computing (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. I T Glossary (No longer online)
  2. overlay: Encyclopedia

Medicine (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. overlay: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. online medical dictionary (No longer online)
  3. overlay: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Navajo Code Talkers' Dictionary (No longer online)

Sports (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. Horse Racing Terminology (No longer online)
  2. winyourwager.com Gambling Glossary (No longer online)
  3. Overlay, Overlay: Gambling Glossary
  4. Texas Hold'em Dictionary (No longer online)

Tech (5 matching dictionaries)
  1. overlay: Webster's New World Telecom Dictionary
  2. AUTOMOTIVE TERMS (No longer online)
  3. DOD Dictionary of Military Terms (No longer online)
  4. Overlay: Glossary of Glass Terms
  5. overlay: Pen Glossary

(Note: See overlie as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
verb:  To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
verb:  (transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.
verb:  (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
verb:  (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
noun:  (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
noun:  (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
noun:  (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
noun:  (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
noun:  A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
noun:  (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
noun:  (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
noun:  (Scotland) A cravat.
noun:  A covering over something else.

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