overlay

verb

(transitive) To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover. / To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

She will overlay the fabric with lace.

意味（1）

(transitive) To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover.

For ſo exceeding ſhone his gliſtring ray,

That Phœbus golden face it did attaint,

As when a cloud his beames doth ouer-lay

意味（2）

To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.

when any country is overlaid by the multitude which live upon it

意味（3）

(transitive, now rare, archaic) To lie over (someone, especially a child) in order to smother it; to suffocate.

And this womans childe died in the night: because she ouerlaid it.

意味（4）

(transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.

意味（5）

(transitive, gambling) To bet too much money on.