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What does overlay mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word overlay? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive) To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover.
  2. To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
  3. (transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate. [from 14th c.]
  4. (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
Noun
  1. (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
  2. (gambling) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
  3. (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
  4. A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
  5. (programming) A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace it.
  6. (Internet) A pop-up.
Verb
  1. simple past tense of overlie
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