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Overlie

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

v. To lie over or on.

v. To suffocate (a baby, for example) by accidentally lying on top of it.

Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License

v. To lie over or upon

v. To suffocate by lying upon; as, to overlie an infant.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

v. To lie over or upon; specifically, to suffocate by lying upon.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

To lie over or upon; hence, to smother by lying upon.

WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

v. kill by lying on

v. lie upon; lie on top of

Word Usage

"Subsea relict permafrost is thought to contain or overlie large volumes of CH4 in the form of gas hydrates at depths of up to several hundred meters."

Verb Form

overlain overlay overlies overlying

Hypernym

Words that are more generic or abstract

kill lie

Variant

overlain overlay overlying

Form

overlay overlain overlying

Synonym

Words with the same meaning

cap crown overlap override

Same Context

Words that are found in similar contexts

stratified