overlay

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of OVERLAY

to form a layer over <you should apply a coat of primer first, and then overlay it with two coats of paint>

Synonyms blanket, carpet, coat, overlay, overlie, overspread, sheet

Related Words enclose (also inclose), enrobe, enshroud, enswathe, envelop, enwrap, mantle, shawl, shroud, swathe, wrap; cloak, clothe, curtain, veil; circle, encircle, encompass

to lie over parts of one another <cedar shingles overlaying one another on the roof>

Synonyms lap, overlay, overlie, overspread

Related Words shingle

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