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Example sentences for "overlay"

Lexicographically close words:
overland; overlap; overlapped; overlapping; overlaps; overlaying; overlays; overleaning; overleap; overleaped
  1. And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, within and without; and over it thou shalt make a golden crown round about: 25:12.

  2. And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold: and thou shalt make to it a golden ledge round about.

  3. Thou shalt make bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

  4. The bars also themselves thou shalt make of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold, to bear up the table.

  5. The boards also themselves thou shalt overlay with gold, and shalt cast rings of gold to be set upon them, for places for the bars to hold together the boardwork: which bars thou shalt cover with plates of gold.

  6. And thou shalt overlay with gold five pillars of setim wood, before which the hanging shall be drawn: their heads shall be of gold, and the sockets of brass.

  7. And thou shalt make the bars also of setim wood, and shalt overlay them with gold.

  8. Three thousand talents of gold of the gold of Ophir: and seven thousand talents of refined silver, to overlay the walls of the temple.

  9. And thou shalt overlay it with the purest gold, as well the grate thereof, as the walls round about, and the horns.

  10. To cover or overlay with plates of metal; to arm with metal for defense.

  11. To overlay with a thin covering of gold; to cover with a golden color; to cause to look like gold.

  12. Defn: To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.

  13. Defn: To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.

  14. To overlay with a thin coat of metal; as, steel washed with silver.

  15. And overlay With this portentous bridge the dark abyss.

  16. To overlay or cover with plaster, as the ceilings and walls of a house.

  17. Defn: One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

  18. Defn: To overlay or plate with a thin layer of wood or other material for outer finish or decoration; as, to veneer a piece of furniture with mahogany.

  19. To cover with tin or tinned iron, or to overlay with tin foil.

  20. To overlay or decorate with stucco, or fine plaster.

  21. One who gilds; one whose occupation is to overlay with gold.

  22. Aye, my Tedric, and gladly: just so the overlay comes not off by handsbreadths under blow of sword or axe.

  23. If the outer barrier is permeable such as fiberboard, it is possible that a liquid agent can seep through the overlay fiberboard and contact the shipping containers in liquid form.

  24. Operational rations are substantially protected while contained in the shipping cases and especially if stored in the original palletized unit load with an overlay of fiberboard, shrink wrap, or film wrap.

  25. Operational rations are substantially protected while contained in the shipping cases, especially if protected with an overlay of fiberboard, shrink wrap, or film wrap.

  26. If all fools paced, albeit he be somewhat wry-legged, he would overlay at least a fathom at every rake.

  27. But, it may be asked, what has become of the beds that overlay the granite?

  28. Shavercombe stream comes down on the right, and there may be found traces of the slate that overlay the granite, much altered by heat.

  29. The experience of a month will overlay the hereditary bequest of a century.

  30. For when God bade Moses make an altar of shittim wood and overlay it with brass, Moses said to God: "O Lord of the world!

  31. Will not the fire destroy the overlay of brass, and then consume the wood of the altar?

  32. Thou badest me make the altar of wood and overlay it with brass, but Thou didst also bid me have 'a fire kept burning upon the altar continually.

  33. Inspector Dunbar perceived that the shadow of the neighboring hostelry overlay this home.

  34. I bet she'd overlay it and then turn round and back the favourite at a shorter price than she'd been laying.

  35. A disk memory is needed for rapid overlay of programs and for sorting of multiparameter data.

  36. Water overlay lawns and paths, so the house stood in a wide, shallow lake whose ripples lapped around the white cement steps and the pillars of the porte-cochère.

  37. The overlay of loamy clay which covers the chalk in the Arras sector, when thoroughly wet, is of a bad texture for purposes of digging.

  38. Here above the chalk was a deep overlay of clay.

  39. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

  40. And thou shalt make the horns of it upon the four corners thereof: his horns shall be of the same: and thou shalt overlay it with brass.

  41. And thou shalt overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and thou shalt overlay the bars with gold.

  42. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, and make thereto a crown of gold round about.

  43. And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.

  44. And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.

  45. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, within and without shalt thou overlay it, and shalt make upon it a crown of gold round about.

  46. And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.

  47. And thou shalt overlay it with pure gold, the top thereof, and the sides thereof round about, and the horns thereof; and thou shalt make unto it a crown of gold round about.

  48. And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.

  49. You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

  50. You shall overlay the boards with gold, and make their rings of gold for places for the bars: and you shall overlay the bars with gold.

  51. You shall make for the screen five pillars of acacia, and overlay them with gold: their hooks shall be of gold: and you shall cast five sockets of brass for them.

  52. You shall overlay it with pure gold, the top of it, the sides of it around it, and its horns; and you shall make a gold molding around it.

  53. You shall make the poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be carried with them.

  54. You shall make poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with gold.

  55. Inside and outside shall you overlay it, and shall make a gold molding around it.

  56. You shall make its horns on its four corners; its horns shall be of one piece with it; and you shall overlay it with brass.

  57. You shall make poles for the altar, poles of acacia wood, and overlay them with brass.

  58. You shall overlay it with pure gold, and make a gold molding around it.

  59. The least that Shakspere, at this age, could have done with it, would be to overlay and transform the physical with moral perception; and this has already been in part done in the First Quarto form.

  60. The profoundest affinities are those most readily felt, and though a thousand later considerations may overlay and override them, they remain a background and standard for all happiness.

  61. It is the part of philosophy, however, to pass over those natural repugnances and overlay them with as much countervailing rationality as can find lodgment in a particular mind.


  62. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "overlay" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.