Overlie
verb
To be on top of or cover something.
A layer of snow overlies the icy road.
Often appears as...
- overlie the surface
- overlie the area
verb
To lie over and conceal something.
The dark clouds overlie the sun.
Often appears as...
- overlie the truth
- overlie the facts
verb
In geology, to be located on top of a specific type of rock or soil.
Limestone overlies the sandstone in this region.
Often appears as...
- overlie the limestone
- overlie the sandstone
Usage tips
Technical
verb
To be on top of or cover something.
A layer of snow overlies the icy road.
Often appears as...
- overlie the surface
- overlie the area
verb
To lie over and conceal something.
The dark clouds overlie the sun.
Often appears as...
- overlie the truth
- overlie the facts
verb
In geology, to be located on top of a specific type of rock or soil.
Limestone overlies the sandstone in this region.
Often appears as...
- overlie the limestone
- overlie the sandstone
Usage tips
Technical
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Think visually, picturing one thing resting directly on top of another.
A quilt overlies the child's bed, adding warmth and comfort.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Literal
It can be used metaphorically to describe one thing overshadowing another.
Her cheerfulness overlies a deep sadness within.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Think visually, picturing one thing resting directly on top of another.
A quilt overlies the child's bed, adding warmth and comfort.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Literal
It can be used metaphorically to describe one thing overshadowing another.
Her cheerfulness overlies a deep sadness within.
Pro Tip 1/2Visual Imagery
Think visually, picturing one thing resting directly on top of another.
A quilt overlies the child's bed, adding warmth and comfort.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Literal
It can be used metaphorically to describe one thing overshadowing another.
Her cheerfulness overlies a deep sadness within.
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Video examples
Life Beyond Earth, Part...
this new sweet spot of the new Goldilocks zone, where it's got just the right amount of tidal energy dissipation to sustain this liquid water ocean in contact with a rocky seafloor so that it can have the elements and energy needed for life, and it's overlain by an ice shell
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How North America got...
That lowers the magma's melting point and makes it rise into the overlying North American plate. From a subterranean chamber, the magma travels upwards and erupts along a chain of volcanos. Magma still deep underground slowly cools, crystallizing to form solid rock,
Video examples
John Delaney: Wiring an...
And it's going to deliver abundant power and unprecedented bandwidth across this entire volume -- in the overlying ocean, on the sea floor and below the sea floor. Bandwidth and power and a wide variety of processes that will be operating.
Video examples
Life Beyond Earth, Part...
this new sweet spot of the new Goldilocks zone, where it's got just the right amount of tidal energy dissipation to sustain this liquid water ocean in contact with a rocky seafloor so that it can have the elements and energy needed for life, and it's overlain by an ice shell
Video examples
How North America got...
That lowers the magma's melting point and makes it rise into the overlying North American plate. From a subterranean chamber, the magma travels upwards and erupts along a chain of volcanos. Magma still deep underground slowly cools, crystallizing to form solid rock,
Video examples
John Delaney: Wiring an...
And it's going to deliver abundant power and unprecedented bandwidth across this entire volume -- in the overlying ocean, on the sea floor and below the sea floor. Bandwidth and power and a wide variety of processes that will be operating.
Example 1 of 3
Quote examples
Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
The only technology that can 'see' beneath the ground is radar imagery. But satellite imagery also allows scientists to map short- and long-term changes to the Earth's surface. Buried archaeological remains affect the overlying vegetation, soils and even water in different ways, depending on the landscapes you're examining.
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Jim Elliot
American Clergyman
What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one's life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow's pleasures, and finally leading one onto the rotten planking that overlies the mouth of the pit.
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Bryson DeChambeau
American Athlete
There is this overlying principle of a two-to-one carb-to-protein ratio, so that is first and foremost. I try and retain that throughout the whole day with everything I eat and drink.
Quote examples
Sarah Parcak
American Scientist
The only technology that can 'see' beneath the ground is radar imagery. But satellite imagery also allows scientists to map short- and long-term changes to the Earth's surface. Buried archaeological remains affect the overlying vegetation, soils and even water in different ways, depending on the landscapes you're examining.
Quote examples
Jim Elliot
American Clergyman
What a brutish master sin is, taking the joy from one's life, stealing money and health, giving promise of tomorrow's pleasures, and finally leading one onto the rotten planking that overlies the mouth of the pit.
Quote examples
Bryson DeChambeau
American Athlete
There is this overlying principle of a two-to-one carb-to-protein ratio, so that is first and foremost. I try and retain that throughout the whole day with everything I eat and drink.
Example 1 of 3
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