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overlay [v. oh-ver-ley; n. oh-ver-ley]
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overlay [v. oh-ver-ley; n. oh-ver-ley]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: cover
Synonyms: coat, glaze, pave, plate, spread, superimpose, veneer
Main Entry: coat
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: covering
Synonyms: bark, coating, crust, finish, glaze, gloss, lacquer, lamination, layer, overlay, painting, plaster, priming, roughcast, set, tinge, varnish, wash, whitewashing
Notes: skin is the general term for an animal's outer covering; the layer of fur, hair, or wool is the coat; hide is the tough skin of certain large animals that is tanned and made into leather; pelt is untanned skin of fur-bearing animals
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: noun
Definition: wrapping, cover-up
Synonyms: awning, bark, binding, camouflage, canopy, canvas, cap, caparison, case, ceiling, cloak, clothing, coating, covering, coverlet, disguise, dome, dress, drop, envelope, facade, false front, fig leaf, front, guise, hood, integument, jacket, lid, marquee, mask, masquerade, overlay, paint, parasol, polish, pretense, put-on, roof, screen, seal, semblance, sheath, sheet, shroud, smoke screen, spread, stopper, tarp, tarpaulin, tegument, tent, top, umbrella, varnish, veil, veneer, window-dressing, wrapper, wraps
Main Entry: cover
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wrap, hide
Synonyms: blanket, board up, bury, bush up, cache, camouflage, canopy, cap, carpet, cloak, clothe, coat, conceal, cover up, crown, curtain, daub, disguise, do on the sly, dress, eclipse, encase, enclose, enfold, ensconce, enshroud, envelop, hood, house, invest, layer, mantle, mask, obscure, overcast, overlay, overspread, protect, put on, screen, secrete, set on, shade, shield, shroud, stash, superimpose, superpose, surface, veil
Antonyms: lay bare, lay out, reveal, uncover, unwrap
Main Entry: dominate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: tower above
Synonyms: bestride, look down upon, loom over, overlie, overlook, overtop, stand over, survey
Antonyms: be below
Main Entry: envelop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: encase, hide
Synonyms: blanket, cage, cloak, conceal, contain, coop, corral, cover, drape, embrace, encircle, enclose, encompass, enfold, engulf, enshroud, enwrap, fence, gird, girdle, guard, hem, immure, invest, obscure, overlay, overspread, pen, protect, roll, sheathe, shield, shroud, shut in, superimpose, surround, swaddle, swathe, veil, wrap, wrap up
Antonyms: free, let go, let loose, open, release, uncover, unwrap
Main Entry: face
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: put paint or finish on
Synonyms: clad, coat, cover, decorate, dress, finish, front, level, line, overlay, plaster, polish, redecorate, refinish, remodel, sheathe, shingle, side, skin, smooth, surface, veneer
Main Entry: fold
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lay in creases
Synonyms: bend, cockle, corrugate, crimp, crisp, crumple, curl, dog-ear, double, double over, furrow, gather, groove, hem, intertwine, knit, lap, overlap, overlay, plait, pleat, plicate, pucker, purse, replicate, ridge, ruche, ruck, ruffle, telescope, tuck, turn under, wrinkle
Antonyms: flatten, leave, unbend
Main Entry: front
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: look out on to
Synonyms: border, confront, cover, encounter, face, look over, meet, overlay, overlook
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