Explore Overlie through 3 example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like lie or overlay. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Overlie meaning
- To lie over or upon
- To suffocate by lying upon
Using Overlie
- The main meaning on this page is: To lie over or upon | To suffocate by lying upon
- Useful related words include: lie, overlay, kill.
Context around Overlie
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 0 middle, 3 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Overlie
- In this selection, "overlie" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, usually and sunspots stand out and add context to how "overlie" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include overlap or overlie one another and sediments that overlie the older. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "overlie" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with overlie
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
For example, windows were only displayed "tiled" on the screen; that is, they could not overlap or overlie one another. (20 words)
Some other features of this kind are helmet streamers —large cap-like coronal structures with long pointed peaks that usually overlie sunspots and active regions. (25 words)
These surveys also identified an embayment feature that may represent a shallow, fault bounded paleo-lakebed within the unconsolidated sediments that overlie the older volcanic and sedimentary “basement” rocks. (29 words)
These surveys also identified an embayment feature that may represent a shallow, fault bounded paleo-lakebed within the unconsolidated sediments that overlie the older volcanic and sedimentary “basement” rocks. (29 words)
Some other features of this kind are helmet streamers —large cap-like coronal structures with long pointed peaks that usually overlie sunspots and active regions. (25 words)
For example, windows were only displayed "tiled" on the screen; that is, they could not overlap or overlie one another. (20 words)
Example sentences (3)
These surveys also identified an embayment feature that may represent a shallow, fault bounded paleo-lakebed within the unconsolidated sediments that overlie the older volcanic and sedimentary “basement” rocks.
For example, windows were only displayed "tiled" on the screen; that is, they could not overlap or overlie one another.
Some other features of this kind are helmet streamers —large cap-like coronal structures with long pointed peaks that usually overlie sunspots and active regions.