I. verb
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a religious culture in which Buddhism overlays even older folk beliefs
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The legal action overlays an illegal and hidden set of interests.
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The semi-precious stones are partly overlaid with gold.
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A new menu box will appear on the screen, overlaying the main design area.
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Geological features ground out by ancient glaciers are seen overlaid by the scars of recent wind erosion.
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Its steep sides are thronged with Goblin strongholds and its rocky slopes overlay caves and tunnels that are riddled with evil creatures.
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The candour, the openness that had come from David's stubborn trust in himself had been overlaid by his new self-confidence.
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The overt legitimate action overlays the covert set of intents.
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The sound of water, when Ward rolled down his window, was a solid roar that overlaid everything.
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Then you overlay a secondary level of complex behavior that can emerge out of that bunch of working reflexes.
II. noun
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Kupfer added an unnecessary overlay of sexuality to the opera.
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Folding is its essential property along an axis of symmetry so that the two halves make a perfect overlay .
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If managers rely so heavily on verbal information, then that verbal information invariably arrives with an extra verbal overlay .
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It seemed fruitful to articulate, to probe and carefully render the overlay of my scholastic past and my working present.
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On several occasions though the program also brought back a quantity of junk graphics suggesting that its overlay technique wasn't foolproof.
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Programs that use overlays load these after first running.
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The company prefers the overlay option because it provides more flexibility, a spokesman argued.
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The organizational theorists who have championed the matrixing approach candidly label it an organizational overlay .
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The Red Sea guide is illustrated with full colour aerial photographs with overlays showing suggested underwater routes.