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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Overlay \O`ver*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaying.]
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To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it.
--Sir W. Raleigh.As when a cloud his beams doth overlay.
--Spenser.Framed of cedar overlaid with gold.
--Milton.And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss.
--Milton. Specifically: To cover (an object made of an inexpensive metal, glass, or other material) with a thin sheet of an expensive metal, especially with silver or gold. Distinguished from to plate, which is done by a chemical or electrical deposition process.
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To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.
This woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it.
--1 Kings iii. 19.A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire.
--Dryden. (Printing) To put an overlay on.
Overlay \O"ver*lay`\, n.
A covering.
--Sir W. Scott.(Printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
(Computers) A subroutine which occupies a portion of main memory which is occupied at some other time by another subroutine during execution of the same program. Overlays were used as an older technique to allow larger programs to be executed in restricted main memory space; the same effect is now accomplished by different techniques.
Overlie \O`ver*lie"\, v. t. [imp. Overlay; p. p. Overlain;
p. pr. & vb. n. Overlying.]
To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying
upon; as, to overlie an infant.
--Quain.
A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her
sleeping.
--Chaucer.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"to cover the surface of (something)," c.1300, in part from Old English oferlecgan "to place over," also "to overburden," and in part from over- + lay (v.). There also was an overlie in Middle English, but it merged into this word. Similar compounds are found in other Germanic languages, such as Gothic ufarlagjan. Related: Overlaid; overlaying.\n
in the printing sense, 1824, from overlay (v.). Meaning "transparent sheet over a map, chart, etc." is from 1938. In earliest noun use it meant "a necktie" (1725).
Wiktionary
n. 1 (context printing English) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place. 2 (context betting English) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds. 3 (context horse racing English) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances. 4 A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys. vb. 1 (context transitive English) To lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover. 2 To overwhelm; to press excessively upon. 3 (context transitive now rare archaic English) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate. (from 14th c.) 4 (context transitive printing English) To put an overlay#Noun on.
WordNet
n. 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 [syn: sheathing, overlayer]
v. put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy" [syn: cover]
kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets" [syn: overlie]
[also: overlaid]
Wikipedia
In a general computing sense, overlaying means "the process of transferring a block of program code or other data into internal memory, replacing what is already stored". Overlaying is a programming method that allows programs to be larger than the computer's main memory. An embedded system would normally use overlays because of the limitation of physical memory, which is internal memory for a system-on-chip and the lack of virtual memory facilities.
Overlay may refer to:
- Overlay architecture, "event architecture" relating to the temporary elements that supplement existing buildings and infrastructure to enable the operation of major sporting events or festivals
- Overlay Control in semiconductor manufacturing, for monitoring layer-to-layer alignment on multi-layer device structures
- Video overlay, techniques to display video on computer display
- Historic overlay district, a zoning district that applies special rules to a portion of other districts, usually for historic or conservation reasons
- Overlay plan, a method of introducing new area codes in telephony
- In gambling, an overlay is where the bettor thinks the odds given are too generous
In poker, an overlay is the gap between a poker tournament's guaranteed prize pool and the actual prize pool generated by entrants.
For example, if a tournament has a guaranteed prize pool of $10,000, a buy in of $100 and 90 players enter, the players will contribute only $9,000 to the prizepool. The rest of the prizepool (in this example $1,000)—made up by the tournament host—would be the overlay for the tournament.
Overlays are far more common in online poker than in live poker simply due to the volume of tournaments online and the fierce competition for players online.
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Usage examples of "overlay".
Increased Zeeman-splitting means increases in the magnetic field strength around it and Papa overlays a magnetogram in vivid purples on top of the optical scenes.
There are craters everywhere, overlaid circles of all sizes, some barely visible in a surface gardened by billions of years of micrometeorite impact.
Others were much older, little more than circular scars overlaid by younger basins and worn down, presumably by a billion years of micrometeorite rain.
She was in her room, but the portion in front of her was overlaid with a hazy image of another time.
On the wide boulevards, the surrounding buildings and the busy streets gave back muddled images overlaid with hundreds of others.
There was a hubbub of conversation, which was normal, but this overlaid a churning current of excitement.
The grave mound was fresh and neatly overlaid with stonesa simple grave such as the hermit would have wantedand already tender green shoots of new grass could be seen poking up between the rocks.
She held her staff in one gloved hand, and a black mask overlaid her features.
He moved his hands over to the right, and they sank into the embroidered tapestry that overlaid the rich wooden panels.
They were straight, and overlaid in a pleasing pattern that while itself unmoving, nevertheless suggested movement.
The cords overlaid the young man in partial blast armor, bleeding heavily from a cut across his forehead.
There was a roar from the crowd, overlaid with whistling and table-banging.
They heard the clicking of scissors and the humming of clippers, overlaid with the voices, supposedly, of the trio of men standing frozen behind each of the chairs.
It was instantly obvious that the wretched man was in the last stages of exhaustion, overlaid with terror that had robbed him of all his senses.
The bloodstains remained, but the character of them was changed, so they looked no more recent than-or different from-the countless grease and oil spots that overlaid one another along the entire length of the platform.