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overlay

English

  1. 🔊 a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
  2. 🔊 protective covering consisting, for example, of a layer of boards applied to the studs and joists of a building to strengthen it and serve as a foundation for a weatherproof exterior
  3. 🔊 put something on top of something else
    “cover the meat with a lot of gravy”
  4. 🔊 kill by lying on
    “The sow overlay her piglets”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 sobrepiso overlay
  2. 🔊 sobreposición overlay
  3. 🔊 forrar to overlay

Similar words

sheathing overlayer overlie cover adorn applique apply to blanket block canopy cap cloak clothe cloud convolute cope cover cover up cowl crown curtain decorate eclipse elaborate