overlain
/oʊ.vɚ.leɪn/
overlain is the past participle of overlie.
Meaning of overlie
Verb
overlie (third-person singular simple present overlies, present participle overlying, simple past overlay, past participle overlain)
Words that rhyme with overlain
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- drain
- pane
- gain
- main
- sustain
- vein
- entertain
- skein
- Wayne
- abstain
- bane
- campaign
- champagne
- crane
- entrain
- fain
- insane
- maine
- pain
- plane
- stain
- wane
- Aquitaine
- ascertain
- chicane
- contain
- detain
- explain
- maintain
- mundane
- obtain
- refrain
- remain
- vane
- amain
- arcane
- Blaine
- complain
- deign
- detrain
- distrain
- kane
- ordain
- pertain
- profane
- public domain
- reign
- swain
Questions about overlain
- What is overlain the past participle of?
- Overlain is the past participle of overlie.
- How do you pronounce overlain?
- Overlain is pronounced /oʊ.vɚ.leɪn/ (US).
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Adapted from Wiktionary: overlain (page history and authors); overlie (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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