| Overlay 1. (v. t.) To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon. 2. (v. t.) To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon. 3. (v. t.) To put an overlay on. 4. (n.) A covering. 5. (n.) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place. 6. (imp.) of Overlie Thesaurus Entries adorn, applique, apply to, blanket, block, canopy, cap, cloak, clothe, cloud, convolute, cope, cover, cover up, cowl, crown, curtain, decorate, eclipse, elaborate, embellish, embroider, enrich, festoon, film, flap, flourish, fly, gild, hood, imbrication, involve, lap, lay on, lay over, load with ornament, mantle, mask, muffle, obduce, obscure, occult, ornament, overcast, overcharge, overlap, overlapping, overlayer, overload, overspread, put on, screen, scum, shield, spread over, superimpose, superpose, trick out, varnish, veil |