overlap
to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
to cover and extend beyond (something else): The ends of cloth overlap the table.
to coincide in part with; have in common with: two lives that overlapped each other.
to lap over: two sales territories that overlap; fields of knowledge that overlap.
an act or instance of overlapping.
the extent or amount of overlapping: The second story of the building has an overlap of ten feet.
an overlapping part.
the place of overlapping.
(in yacht racing) the position of two yachts side by side such that the overtaking boat, to pass the other on the opposite side, must fall back, or such that neither can turn toward the other without danger of collision.
Origin of overlap
1Other words from overlap
- non·o·ver·lap·ping, adjective, noun
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How to use overlap in a sentence
No over-multiplying, no over-lapping, no denominational wrangling and wasting of money and energy.
The Negro in the South | Booker T. WashingtonIf we turn to any of the special sciences the same dovetailing and over-lapping appear.
The Gospel Of Evolution | Edward AvelingWooden palings bound these, built obliquely, over-lapping at regular intervals, and connected by low barriers.
Poachers and Poaching | John WatsonIt has no leaves but is supplied with over-lapping scale-like bracts of a warm flesh-tint.
The Lake of the Sky | George Wharton JamesThe Indian women cut spruce twigs and laid them over-lapping on the ground for our bed.
Memoirs | Charles Godfrey Leland
British Dictionary definitions for overlap
(of two things) to extend or lie partly over (each other)
to cover and extend beyond (something)
(intr) to coincide partly in time, subject, etc
a part that overlaps or is overlapped
the amount, length, etc, overlapping
the act or fact of overlapping
a place of overlapping
geology the horizontal extension of the upper beds in a series of rock strata beyond the lower beds, usually caused by submergence of the land
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