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overlying

overlying adjective: lying over or upon something else.

Adjective

overlying

  1. lying over or upon something else

overlying meaning in Tamil and Kannada

overlying in Tamil

குட்டி மிதித்தல், குட்டி மீது படுத்தல்

overlying in Kannada

ಮೇಲೆಮಲಗಿಕೆ, ಮೇಲೊತ್ತಿಕೆ

Origin of overlying

From over- + lying.

Words formed from overlying

Questions about overlying

What does overlying mean?
Overlying means lying over or upon something else.
What is overlying in Tamil?
Overlying in Tamil is குட்டி மிதித்தல், குட்டி மீது படுத்தல். See Overlying meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is overlying?
Overlying is an adjective.

Words near overlying in the dictionary

  1. overlusty
  2. overluxuriance
  3. overluxuriant
  4. overluxurious
  5. overly
  6. overlying
  7. overlyingly
  8. overmade
  9. overmagnification
  10. overmagnified
  11. overmagnifies

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Adapted from Wiktionary: overlying (page history and authors); overlying (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); overlying (Kannada Wiktionary) (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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