Overlay
19 definitions retrieved  Overlay \O"ver*lay`\, n. 1. A covering. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster] 2. (Printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place. [1913 Webster] 3. (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. [PJC] Overlay \O`ver*lay"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Overlaid; p. pr. & vb. n. Overlaying.] 1. To lay, or spread, something over or across; hence, to cover; to overwhelm; to press excessively upon. [1913 Webster] When any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it. --Sir W. Raleigh. [1913 Webster] As when a cloud his beams doth overlay. --Spenser. [1913 Webster] Framed of cedar overlaid with gold. --Milton. [1913 Webster] And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss. --Milton. [1913 Webster] 2. 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. [PJC] 3. To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon. [1913 Webster] This woman's child died in the night; because she overlaid it. --1 Kings iii. 19. [1913 Webster] A heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire. --Dryden. [1913 Webster] 4. (Printing) To put an overlay on. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping. --Chaucer. [1913 Webster]  overlay n 1: 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, overlay, overlayer] 2: a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface v 1: put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy" [syn: overlay, cover] 2: kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets" [syn: overlie, overlay]  Overlay [oːvrlai] (n) , s.(n ) overlay  overlay [ouvəlei] Overlay; Überlagerung  overlay [ouvəlei] recouvrir; revêtir; tapisser  overlay borítás burkolat felsôlap kisterítô rátét ágytakaró  overlay [ouvəlei] overlappen bekleden; overtrekken  overlay [ouvəlei] cobrir, encapar, enfronhar  overlay [ouvəlei] forrar; vestir  overlay Overlay n overlay Überlagerung f overlay Überzug m; Auflage f overlay overlaid; overlaid einblenden; überlagern overlay overlaid; overlaid überdecken overlay overlaid; overlaid überziehen; belegen; verkleiden  Overlay n overlay  60 Moby Thesaurus words for "overlay": 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 Overlay related |
|||
Random Words
Planes, Too, Regisseur, Fuzzy, Freezers, Clown, Ignite, Saratoga, Jodie, Keeper, Bügeln, Framework, Pablo, Bowel, Bathing, Ve, Apostel, Scottsdale, Calgary, Aufheben, Howe, Exhausts, Büroservice, Residual, Steele Popular Words Webster Dictionary, Online Dictionary, Spanish Dictionary, Medical Dictionary, Internet Dictonary, Web Dictionary, Dictionary Websters Online, Dream Dictionary, English - Spanish Dictionary, Urban Dictionary, Translate English To Spanish, Translate Germany, Copyrights: Gcide, Gazetteer, en-de, Devil's D., Freedict: GNU General Public License 2 or later FOLDOC, VERA: GNU General Public License 1.1 or later Moby-thesaurus, Jargon, Hitchcock, Bouvier, Elements, Easton: Public Domain WordNet: Princeton University
Type your search term into the input field and press the 'Search' button!
|
Copyright © 2005 domains-und-mehr.de; All rights reserved!