overlay
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
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
Types & categories
- protective covering hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
put something on top of something else
cover the meat with a lot of gravy
Types & categories
- splash hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 3 noun
a layer of decorative material (such as gold leaf or wood veneer) applied over a surface
Types & categories
- decoration hypernym
- layer hypernym
Sense 4 verb
kill by lying on
The sow overlay her piglets
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | overlay |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | sheathe |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | protective covering |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | overlay |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | cover |
| 2 | verb group | Related & opposite | cover |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | splash |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | decoration |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | layer |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |