overlie

[US]/əʊvə'laɪ/
[UK]/'ovɚ'lai/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. lie over something.
Word Forms
Third Person Singularoverlies
Present Participleoverlying
Past Tenseoverlay
Past Participleoverlain

Example Sentences

soft clays overlie the basalt.

The granite overlies the older rocks.

The host rock conformably overlies a band of siliceous chertybrecia.

The new road overlies the old railway track.

The archaeologists discovered that the ancient city overlied a buried civilization.

The map showed how the new development overlied the green space.

The modern building overlies the historic site.

The company's success overlied a strong marketing strategy.

The new policy overlies the previous regulations.

The research findings overlie the existing theories.

The cloud overlied the sun, casting a shadow over the field.

The responsibility of the project manager overlies coordinating different teams.

The decision to expand the business overlies careful financial planning.

Real-world Examples

Just an overlying taste of sugar.

Source: Snack Exchange

Now, a lot changes between Jaws and Barbie, but when you look at the overlying blockbuster strategy, they're almost formulaicly identical.

Source: Vox opinion

Were we really crossing the layers of rock which overlie the granite foundation?

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

There's also evidence that Europa's ocean occasionally sends plumes of seawater erupting out into space through cracks in the overlying crust.

Source: Science 60 Seconds - Scientific American May 2023 Collection

This may be associated with the development of pathological Q waves in the leads overlying the dead muscle.

Source: Cardiology

Within the first few minutes of complete vascular occlusion, T waves in the leads overlying the affected area rise in the amplitude.

Source: Cardiology

The method of cutting these huge figures was simply to remove the overlying grass to reveal the gleaming white chalk below.

Source: IELTS Reading

Sometimes the pathogen will have come through the overlying skin or up through the nose, but it's more likely that there's an anatomical defect to blame.

Source: Osmosis - Nerve

The beds of coal were separated by strata of sandstone or compact clays, and appeared crushed under the weight of overlying strata.

Source: The Journey to the Heart of the Earth

Heaven knows we need never be ashamed of our tears, for they are rain upon the blinding dust of earth, overlying our hard hearts.

Source: Great Expectations (Original Version)

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