Synonyms for overlap


Grammar : Verb
Spell : verb oh-ver-lap; noun oh-ver-lap
Phonetic Transcription : verb ˌoʊ vərˈlæp; noun ˈoʊ vərˌlæp

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Définition of overlap

Origin :
  • "to partially extend over," 1726, over- + lap (v.). Related: Overlapped; overlapping.
  • verb lie over something else
Example sentences :
  • The top is also cut to shape from cigar-box wood, and should overlap about 1/4 inch.
  • Extract from : « Boys' Book of Model Boats » by Raymond Francis Yates
  • When setting the legs on to the band, place them so as to overlap each other.
  • Extract from : « The Ladies' Work-Table Book » by Anonymous
  • So numerous are these old pictures that they overlap each other upon the walls.
  • Extract from : « Mexico » by Charles Reginald Enock
  • In less than ten minutes her head will overlap the stern of her rival.
  • Extract from : « The Quadroon » by Mayne Reid
  • Slowly but surely his shell began to overlap that of Si Peters.
  • Extract from : « The Young Oarsmen of Lakeview » by Ralph Bonehill
  • For this overlap geological reasons are given, into which we cannot now enter.
  • Extract from : « Farm drainage » by Henry Flagg French
  • From A to T is the overlap, which is, in fact, a dam holding up the water in the gravel.
  • Extract from : « Farm drainage » by Henry Flagg French
  • And does the "4" in "41" and the "3" in "39" overlap the boxes?
  • Extract from : « Warren Commission (4 of 26): Hearings Vol. IV (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy
  • The ends are often, by muscular action, drawn out of position so that they overlap.
  • Extract from : « Touring Afoot » by Claude Powell Fordyce
  • They cover over the fontanelles and overlap the sphenethmoid in front.
  • Extract from : « The Vertebrate Skeleton » by Sidney H. Reynolds

Antonyms for overlap

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