overlaid
/oʊ.vɚ.leɪd/
overlaid is the simple past and past participle of overlay.
Meaning of overlay
Verb
overlay (third-person singular simple present overlays, present participle overlaying, simple past and past participle overlaid or overlayed)
- To lay, spread, or apply (something) over or across (something else); to overspread.
- Near-synonyms: cover, superimpose, superpose
- Synonyms:
- cover, superimpose, superpose
- To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
- when any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon itc. 1610?, Walter Raleigh, A Discourse of War
- To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.
- And this womans childe died in the night: because she ouerlaid it.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, 1 Kings 3:19
- To put an overlay on.
- To bet too much money on.
- […] he has 'overlaid' his book, and has not succeeded in 'getting round' by bets against the other horses.1890, The Twentieth Century, volume 27, page 934
Words that rhyme with overlaid
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- abraid
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
Questions about overlaid
- What is overlaid the simple past and past participle of?
- Overlaid is the simple past and past participle of overlay.
- How do you pronounce overlaid?
- Overlaid is pronounced /oʊ.vɚ.leɪd/ (US).
Words near overlaid in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: overlaid (page history and authors); overlay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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