overlay
verb/ˌoʊvərˈleɪ/
Frequency rank: #10,201 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)
Meaning
to cover or place something over something else, often as an additional layer.
Example sentence
The designer chose to overlay the map with a transparent grid to make distances easier to read.
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