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overlaid

US/oʊ.vɚ.leɪd/

A form of overlay — To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.

Less commonScrabble 12

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Meanings

verb

participlepastsimple past and past participle of overlay

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with overlaid

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Cite this entry

APA

overlaid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlaid

MLA

“overlaid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlaid. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “overlaid,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/overlaid.

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