"overlay" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈəʊ.vəˌleɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈoʊvɚˌleɪ/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overlay (verb).wav [Southern-England], LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-overlay (noun).wav [Southern-England] Forms: overlays [plural]
enPR: ō'və-lāʹ [General-American], ō'vər-lāʹ [General-American], ōʹvə-lā' [General-American], ōʹvər-lā' [General-American] Rhymes: -eɪ Etymology: From Middle English overleyen, from Old English oferleċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *obarlaggjan, from Proto-Germanic *uberlagjaną, equivalent to over- + lay. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurläze, úurlääse, Dutch overleggen, German Low German overleggen, överleggen, German überlegen, Swedish överlägga, Norwegian overlegge. Compare overlie. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overleyen}} Middle English overleyen, {{inh|en|ang|oferleċġan}} Old English oferleċġan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*obarlaggjan}} Proto-West Germanic *obarlaggjan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*uberlagjaną}} Proto-Germanic *uberlagjaną, {{pre|en|over|lay}} over- + lay, {{cog|stq|uurläze}} Saterland Frisian uurläze, {{m|stq|úurlääse}} úurlääse, {{cog|nl|overleggen}} Dutch overleggen, {{cog|nds-de|overleggen}} German Low German overleggen, {{m|nds-de|överleggen}} överleggen, {{cog|de|überlegen}} German überlegen, {{cog|sv|överlägga}} Swedish överlägga, {{cog|no|overlegge}} Norwegian overlegge, {{m|en|overlie}} overlie Head templates: {{en-noun}} overlay (plural overlays)
  1. (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place. Categories (topical): Printing Translations (printing: piece of paper): peitepaperi (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-noun-IILrIcJL Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'printing: piece of paper': 81 5 3 1 1 4 4 1
  2. (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds. Categories (topical): Betting
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-noun-dW8mAi9J Topics: gambling, games
  3. (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances. Categories (lifeform): Horse racing
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-noun-IuJWPpNp Topics: hobbies, horse-racing, horseracing, horses, lifestyle, pets, racing, sports
  4. A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys. Synonyms: keystrip
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-noun-PRjQP1V-
  5. (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality. Categories (topical): Programming
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-noun-PGqcm0ou Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
  6. (Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display. Tags: Internet Categories (topical): Internet
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-noun-DV1R6~vD
  7. (Scotland) A cravat. Tags: Scotland
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-noun-gLuk6bV8 Categories (other): Scottish English
  8. A covering over something else. Translations (covering over something else): päällyste (Finnish)
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-noun-TVMYObqu Disambiguation of 'covering over something else': 2 2 2 1 5 7 2 80
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: currency overlay, overlay scrollbar
Etymology number: 1

Verb

IPA: /ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˌoʊvɚˈleɪ/ [General-American] Forms: overlays [present, singular, third-person], overlaying [participle, present], overlaid [participle, past], overlaid [past], overlayed [participle, past], overlayed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English overleyen, from Old English oferleċġan, from Proto-West Germanic *obarlaggjan, from Proto-Germanic *uberlagjaną, equivalent to over- + lay. Cognate with Saterland Frisian uurläze, úurlääse, Dutch overleggen, German Low German overleggen, överleggen, German überlegen, Swedish överlägga, Norwegian overlegge. Compare overlie. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|overleyen}} Middle English overleyen, {{inh|en|ang|oferleċġan}} Old English oferleċġan, {{inh|en|gmw-pro|*obarlaggjan}} Proto-West Germanic *obarlaggjan, {{inh|en|gem-pro|*uberlagjaną}} Proto-Germanic *uberlagjaną, {{pre|en|over|lay}} over- + lay, {{cog|stq|uurläze}} Saterland Frisian uurläze, {{m|stq|úurlääse}} úurlääse, {{cog|nl|overleggen}} Dutch overleggen, {{cog|nds-de|overleggen}} German Low German overleggen, {{m|nds-de|överleggen}} överleggen, {{cog|de|überlegen}} German überlegen, {{cog|sv|överlägga}} Swedish överlägga, {{cog|no|overlegge}} Norwegian overlegge, {{m|en|overlie}} overlie Head templates: {{en-verb|overlays|overlaying|overlaid|past2=overlayed}} overlay (third-person singular simple present overlays, present participle overlaying, simple past and past participle overlaid or overlayed)
  1. (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover. Tags: transitive Translations (to lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover): покривам (pokrivam) (Bulgarian), päällystää (Finnish), 乗せる (noseru) (alt: のせる) (Japanese), 被せる (kabuseru) (alt: かぶせる) (Japanese), 覆う (ōu) (alt: おおう) (Japanese), paparua (Maori), whakakikorua (Maori), revestir (Portuguese), aplicar (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-verb-Z5eLQliC Disambiguation of 'to lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover': 90 1 6 0 3
  2. To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-verb-KFTzqy2c
  3. (transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate. Tags: archaic, transitive Translations (to smother with a close covering, or by lying upon): tukahduttaa (Finnish), 乗せる (noseru) (alt: のせる) (Japanese), 被せる (kabuseru) (alt: かぶせる) (Japanese), 覆う (ōu) (alt: おおう) (Japanese)
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-verb-6m5l6Yo3 Disambiguation of 'to smother with a close covering, or by lying upon': 15 27 48 4 5
  4. (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Printing Translations (to put an overlay on): peittää (Finnish), whakakikorua (Maori)
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-verb-7fRbOSsu Topics: media, printing, publishing Disambiguation of 'to put an overlay on': 1 1 2 92 5
  5. (transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Gambling
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-verb-Ar7jbbtR Topics: gambling, games
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: superimpose
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} overlay
  1. simple past of overlie Tags: form-of, past Form of: overlie
    Sense id: en-overlay-en-verb-nE77Bq~A
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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        {
          "ref": "1943 March and April, “A British Avalanche Shelter”, in Railway Magazine, page 80",
          "text": "The hillside at this point is composed of shaly rock overlaid with a peaty loam which carries a growth of heather, and its unstable condition has resulted in two landslides in the course of the railway's history.",
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        "(transitive) To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover."
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          "_dis1": "90 1 6 0 3",
          "code": "bg",
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          "sense": "to lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover",
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          "alt": "のせる",
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          "alt": "おおう",
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          "word": "revestir"
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          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover",
          "word": "aplicar"
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        "To overwhelm; to press excessively upon."
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        {
          "ref": "1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy",
          "text": "a heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 371",
          "text": "Prostitutes, thieves, girls who ‘overlaid’ their babies, abortionists who stuck their knitting needles into something vital – did they really need to be here?",
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        "(transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate."
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          "_dis1": "15 27 48 4 5",
          "code": "fi",
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          "word": "tukahduttaa"
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          "_dis1": "15 27 48 4 5",
          "alt": "のせる",
          "code": "ja",
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          "roman": "noseru",
          "sense": "to smother with a close covering, or by lying upon",
          "word": "乗せる"
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          "_dis1": "15 27 48 4 5",
          "alt": "かぶせる",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kabuseru",
          "sense": "to smother with a close covering, or by lying upon",
          "word": "被せる"
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          "_dis1": "15 27 48 4 5",
          "alt": "おおう",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "ōu",
          "sense": "to smother with a close covering, or by lying upon",
          "word": "覆う"
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            "Business",
            "Economics",
            "Society",
            "Social sciences",
            "All topics",
            "Sciences",
            "Fundamental"
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        "To put an overlay on."
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        "(transitive, printing) To put an overlay on."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ],
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        {
          "_dis1": "1 1 2 92 5",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to put an overlay on",
          "word": "peittää"
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          "_dis1": "1 1 2 92 5",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to put an overlay on",
          "word": "whakakikorua"
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        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Gambling",
          "orig": "en:Gambling",
          "parents": [
            "Games",
            "Recreation",
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
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          "source": "w"
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        {
          "ref": "1890, The Twentieth Century, volume 27, page 934",
          "text": "[…] he has 'overlaid' his book, and has not succeeded in 'getting round' by bets against the other horses.",
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      ],
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        "To bet too much money on."
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        "(transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on."
      ],
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        "games"
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˌəʊ.vəˈleɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˌoʊvɚˈleɪ/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "overlay"
}

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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "currency overlay"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0",
      "word": "overlay scrollbar"
    }
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        "2": "overleggen"
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      "expansion": "Dutch overleggen",
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      "expansion": "German Low German overleggen",
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        "2": "überlegen"
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      "expansion": "German überlegen",
      "name": "cog"
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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Swedish överlägga",
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      "expansion": "Norwegian overlegge",
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          "relabel",
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        "A pop-up covering an existing part of the display."
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          "Internet",
          "Internet"
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          "pop-up",
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      "enpr": "ōʹvə-lā'",
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        "General-American"
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          "ref": "1943 March and April, “A British Avalanche Shelter”, in Railway Magazine, page 80",
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          "ref": "1692, John Dryden, Cleomenes, the Spartan Hero, a Tragedy",
          "text": "a heap of ashes that o'erlays your fire",
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        },
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          "ref": "1993, Pat Barker, The Eye in the Door (The Regeneration Trilogy), Penguin, published 2014, page 371",
          "text": "Prostitutes, thieves, girls who ‘overlaid’ their babies, abortionists who stuck their knitting needles into something vital – did they really need to be here?",
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        "To put an overlay on."
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        "(transitive, printing) To put an overlay on."
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        "publishing"
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        "games"
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      "code": "bg",
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      "roman": "pokrivam",
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      "word": "покривам"
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      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "to lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover",
      "word": "päällystää"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "sense": "to lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover",
      "word": "乗せる"
    },
    {
      "alt": "かぶせる",
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      "word": "被せる"
    },
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "ōu",
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      "word": "覆う"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "paparua"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "word": "whakakikorua"
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      "sense": "to lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover",
      "word": "revestir"
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      "sense": "to lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover",
      "word": "aplicar"
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      "sense": "to smother with a close covering, or by lying upon",
      "word": "tukahduttaa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "のせる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "noseru",
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      "word": "覆う"
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      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to put an overlay on",
      "word": "whakakikorua"
    }
  ],
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}

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  "derived": [
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      "word": "currency overlay"
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    {
      "word": "overlay scrollbar"
    }
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        "2": "enm",
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      },
      "expansion": "Middle English overleyen",
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    },
    {
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    },
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      "name": "pre"
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      "args": {
        "1": "stq",
        "2": "uurläze"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "stq",
        "2": "úurlääse"
      },
      "expansion": "úurlääse",
      "name": "m"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "nl",
        "2": "overleggen"
      },
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      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "overleggen"
      },
      "expansion": "German Low German overleggen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "nds-de",
        "2": "överleggen"
      },
      "expansion": "överleggen",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "de",
        "2": "überlegen"
      },
      "expansion": "German überlegen",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "sv",
        "2": "överlägga"
      },
      "expansion": "Swedish överlägga",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "no",
        "2": "overlegge"
      },
      "expansion": "Norwegian overlegge",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "overlie"
      },
      "expansion": "overlie",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "form": "overlays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Printing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "printing",
          "printing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "tympan",
          "tympan"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "media",
        "printing",
        "publishing"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Betting"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "gambling",
          "gambling#Noun"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "gambling",
        "games"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Horse racing"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "horse racing",
          "horse racing"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances."
      ],
      "topics": [
        "hobbies",
        "horse-racing",
        "horseracing",
        "horses",
        "lifestyle",
        "pets",
        "racing",
        "sports"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "ref": "1994, Roger Frost, The IT in Secondary Science Book, page 56",
          "text": "The keyboard overlay can be a memory jogger and a great help with spelling. In this way the keyboard makes word processing more accessible to younger as well as special needs children.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "decal",
          "decal"
        ],
        [
          "computer",
          "computer"
        ],
        [
          "keyboard",
          "keyboard"
        ],
        [
          "relabel",
          "relabel"
        ],
        [
          "key",
          "key"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "word": "keystrip"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations",
        "en:Programming"
      ],
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        {
          "ref": "1986, Noel M. Morris, Computer Graphics and CAD Fundamentals: BBC Micro Version",
          "text": "This concept can be extended further by allowing a primary overlay to call a secondary overlay, and so on. However, we will limit ourselves here to the use of primary overlays. Before proceeding further, you need to understand the memory map of the computer, which is a diagram showing the use to which the memory of the computer is put.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "programming",
          "programming#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "block",
          "block"
        ],
        [
          "program",
          "program"
        ],
        [
          "code",
          "code"
        ],
        [
          "load",
          "load"
        ],
        [
          "replace",
          "replace"
        ],
        [
          "functionality",
          "functionality"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality."
      ],
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        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "programming",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Internet"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pop-up covering an existing part of the display."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Internet",
          "Internet"
        ],
        [
          "pop-up",
          "pop-up"
        ]
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        "(Internet) A pop-up covering an existing part of the display."
      ],
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        "Internet"
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [
        "Scottish English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A cravat."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cravat",
          "cravat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Scotland) A cravat."
      ],
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        "Scotland"
      ]
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          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2 Aug 80, George Whitmore, “Dworkin”, in Gay Community News, page 5",
          "text": "I really appreciate the clear explication of Dworkin's understanding of male sexuality. In this we see, without the overlay of polemic that infuses her non-fiction, how Dworkin can proceed from basic feminist principles to create an almost seamless, sophistic argument for sexism.",
          "type": "quotation"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A covering over something else."
      ],
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        [
          "covering",
          "covering"
        ]
      ]
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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      "ipa": "/ˈoʊvɚˌleɪ/",
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        "General-American"
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        "Southern-England"
      ],
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      "enpr": "ō'və-lāʹ",
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        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ō'vər-lāʹ",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ōʹvə-lā'",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "enpr": "ōʹvər-lā'",
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        "General-American"
      ]
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "printing: piece of paper",
      "word": "peitepaperi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "covering over something else",
      "word": "päällyste"
    }
  ],
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}

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