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(o-ver-ly-ing) 4 syllables

Definition

verb. covering something else or lying above it.

Example Sentence

We used overlying images to create the collage.

More Example Sentences

The tree has overlying branches above it.

Synonyms

covering; lying above; resting on

Antonyms

insufficiently

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Rhymes

  • buying
  • crying
  • drying
  • dyeing
  • dying
  • eyeing
  • eying
  • flying
  • frying
  • guying
  • lying
  • plying
  • prying
  • shying
  • sighing
  • spying
  • tieing
  • trying
  • tying
  • vying

  • allying
  • applying
  • belying
  • complying
  • decrying
  • defying
  • denying
  • implying
  • relying
  • replying
  • retrying
  • supplying
  • undying

  • misapplying
  • overflying
  • overlying
  • semidrying
  • underlying

  • indemnifying
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