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overleaven |
overliberal |
overliberally |
overlick |
overlie
| overlight
| overliness
| overlinger
| overlip
| overlive
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overlie
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb overlie has 2 senses
- overlie(v = verb.contact) Array - lie upon; lie on top of; "the granite overlies the older rocks" is one way to lie
- overlie(v = verb.contact) overlay - kill by lying on; "The sow overlay her piglets" is one way to kill
Sample sentence:
Something ----s something
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s something
CIDE DICTIONARY
overlie, v. t.
To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant. Quain. [1913 Webster]
"A woman by negligence overlieth her child in her sleeping."
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OXFORD DICTIONARY
overlie, v.tr. (-lying; past -lay; past part. -lain)
1 lie on top of.
2 smother (a child etc.) by lying on top.
1 lie on top of.
2 smother (a child etc.) by lying on top.
THESAURUS
overlie
arch over, bestraddle, bestride, bridge, extend over, hang over, imbricate, jut, lap, lap over, lie over, overarch, overhang, overlap, override, ride, shingle, spanROGET THESAURUS
overlie
Covering
VB cover, superpose, superimpose, overlay, overspread, wrap, encase, incase, face, case, veneer, pave, paper, tip, cap, bind, bulkhead, bulkhead in, clapboard, coat, paint, varnish, pay, incrust, stucco, dab, plaster, tar, wash, besmear, bedaub, anoint, do over, gild, plate, japan, lacquer, lacker, enamel, whitewash, parget, lay it on thick, overlie, overarch, endome, conceal, anodize, galvanize.
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