overlay
overlay is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. Dryden.
- 3.(Printing) To put an overlay on.
- 4.A covering. Sir W. Scott.
- 5.(Printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- alliteration
- alliterative
- altiloquence
- altiloquent
- antithesis
- antithetical
- artificial
- bombast
- bombastic
- declamation
- declamatory
- elegance
- euphemism
- euphemistic
- euphuism
- euphuist
- euphuistic
- figurative
- fine
- flaming
- flashy
- florid
- floridness
- flourish
- flowery
- flowing
- flown
- frothy
- fustian
- grandiloquent
- grandiose
- high
- high-sounding
- inelegant
- inflated
- inflation
- inversion
- lamp
- macrology
- mad
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is overlay.
- What is 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 called?
- What is a heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. Dryden called?
- What is a piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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