Overlying
['ovɚ'lai]
Definition
(adj.) placed on or over something else; 'an overlying image' .
Edited by Claudette--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Overlie
(a.) Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.
Typed by Freddie
Definition
adj. lying on the top.
Editor: Maynard
Examples
- Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Overlying or overlapping these Azoic or Arch?ozoic rocks come others, manifestly also very ancient and worn, which do contain traces of life. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Maynard