How to pronounce “overlay”

Meaning

• [Verb]
• (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
• To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
• (transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate. [from 14th c.]
• (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
• (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.
• [Noun]
• (photography, graphic arts) An image to be overlaid on another; a superimposition or diapositive.
• (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
• (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
• (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
• A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
• (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
• (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
• (Scotland) A cravat.
• A covering over something else.

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