Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In heraldry, lapping over; doubled for a part of its length.
  • In entomology, seeming as if covered with a semi-transparent pigment through which the markings are dimly visible: as, basal portion of the wing overlaid with ochraceous.

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  • verb Simple past tense and past participle of overlay.

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Examples

  • Beside it was a sticker with the word Vampires overlaid with a cross bar.

    Deep Kiss Of Winter Kresley Cole 2009

  • Sounds almost exactly like `f---' ...word overlaid with title music.

    Words that sound dirty but aren't. Ann Althouse 2007

  • But in every part gold was lavished with the utmost profusion; within and without, the floor, the walls, the ceiling, in short, the whole house is described as overlaid with gold.

    The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 01 Rossiter Johnson 1885

  • On the mixed content test that has video titles overlaid on a film-based background image, the player exhibits slight combing artifacts as the video title is first introduced but it quickly locks to the signal and cleans up the text.

    Big Picture Big Sound - Home Theater, HDTV, Movie Reviews 2009

  • But I like the idea of overlaid comments (though I think Hoodwink’d does it better). reply

    Diigo – Enough Evolution? Michael Arrington 2005

  • YouTube partners are included in the site’s new revenue models such as overlaid in-video ads and video syndication through AdSense.

    YouTube Expands Revenue Sharing to More Users 2007

  • Writing in the second century AD, the biographer Suetonius employed the word luxuria to characterize the degenerate behavior of Emperor Nero, whose habits he said included traveling with a thousand carriages pulled by mules shod with silver, and entertaining in his wildly extravagant palace, which he had overlaid with gold and fitted with pipes to spray perfume on his guests.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • A large abstract painting in deep, dramatic colors with an overlaid Hebrew inscription hangs above six large Torah scrolls resting in a cabinet veiled in sheer fabric.

    American Grace Robert D. Putnam 2010

  • Writing in the second century AD, the biographer Suetonius employed the word luxuria to characterize the degenerate behavior of Emperor Nero, whose habits he said included traveling with a thousand carriages pulled by mules shod with silver, and entertaining in his wildly extravagant palace, which he had overlaid with gold and fitted with pipes to spray perfume on his guests.

    The English Is Coming! Leslie Dunton-Downer 2010

  • It renders its judgments through their actions, not through overlaid assumptions, and succinctly frames a moral quandary that exceeds the life of the story's subjects.

    MIND MELD: Memorable Short Stories to Add to Your Reading List (Part 2 of 2) 2009

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