Thesaurus results for OVERLAIN

overlain

verb

past participle of overlie

as in overlapped

to lie over parts of one another the puzzle pieces overlay one another in complete disarray on the floor

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as in coated

to form a layer over there will be freezing rain tonight, so we can expect to find a thick layer of ice overlying the car windshield in the morning

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This even includes the beloved sneakers of Kobe Bryant, a once peer of Jordan’s whose shoe line had yet to begin taking shape when their on-court careers briefly overlapped.

— Riley Jones, Footwear News, 1 Sep. 2026
Their amateur careers overlapped from 2009 to 2016, but the pair never met.

— Amelie Claydon, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2026

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Drawings in metalpoint must be made on paper coated with a slightly abrasive ground, which is often tinted.

— Jeffrey Weiss, Artforum, 1 Sep. 2026
The drops slid about four centimeters, picked up a charge, rolled off the edge, and then fell five millimeters onto a copper plate coated with a 60-nanometer film of Teflon, which is one of the most chemically resistant coatings on the market today.

— Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 31 Aug. 2026

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The 45-acre recreational facility, which opened in 2004, boasts eight softball fields overlaid with seven soccer fields, batting cages and two playgrounds.

— Claire Wang, Oc Register, 27 Aug. 2026
Violet helleborines are incredibly picky orchids, requiring a mature beech forest growing on a clay soil overlaid on chalk.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026

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