Overlap

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overlap \O`ver*lap"\, v. t.
     1. To lay (one thing) over another; to lap.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To cover part of.
        [PJC]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overlap \O`ver*lap"\, v. i.
     1. To be arranged so that a part of one object laying over
        part of another; as, the boards overlapped at their ends.
        [PJC]
  
     2. To have the ending time of one period or process extend
        beyond the beginning time of another period or process;
        as, the lives of Theodore Roosevelt and Franklin Roosevelt
        overlapped by several decades.
        [PJC]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Overlap \O"ver*lap`\, n.
     1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of
        six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. (Geol.) An extension of geological beds above and beyond
        others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper
        beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in
        one or in all directions.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  overlap
       n 1: a representation of common ground between theories or
            phenomena; "there was no overlap between their
            proposals" [syn: {convergence}, {intersection}]
       2: the property of partial coincidence in time
       3: a flap that lies over another part; "the lap of the shingles
          should be at least ten inches" [syn: {lap}]
       v 1: coincide partially or wholly; "Our vacations overlap"
       2: extend over and cover a part of; "The roofs of the houses
          overlap in this crowded city"
       [also: {overlapping}, {overlapped}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  133 Moby Thesaurus words for "overlap":
     accord, accordance, affinity, agree, agreement, answer to,
     applique, arch over, assent, assort with, be consistent, be of one,
     be uniform with, bedizenment, bestraddle, bestride, bridge, check,
     chime, chorus, cohere, coherence, coincide, coincidence,
     compatibility, concert, concord, concordance, concur, conform,
     conform with, conformance, conformation, conformity, congeniality,
     congruence, congruency, congruity, consist with, consistency,
     consonance, consort, cooperate, cooperation, correspond,
     correspondence, dovetail, duplication, duplication of effort,
     embellishment, equivalence, expletive, extend over, extravagance,
     fall in together, fat, featherbedding, filling, fit together, flap,
     fly, frill, frills, frippery, gingerbread, go together, go with,
     hang over, hang together, harmonize, harmony, hit, hold together,
     imbricate, imbrication, interlock, intersect, intersection, jibe,
     jut, lap, lap over, lie over, lock, luxury, match, needlessness,
     oneness, ornamentation, overadornment, overarch, overhang,
     overlapping, overlay, overlayer, overlie, override, padding,
     parallel, parallelism, payroll padding, peace, pleonasm, prolixity,
     rapport, redundance, redundancy, register, register with,
     respond to, ride, self-consistency, shingle, sing in chorus,
     sort with, span, square, square with, stand together, superfluity,
     superfluousness, symmetry, sync, synchronism, tally, tautology,
     timing, uniformity, union, unison, unisonance, unnecessariness,
     verbosity