LAY OVER

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Place on top of

Example:

can you superimpose the two images?

Synonyms:

lay over; superimpose; superpose

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Hypernyms (to "lay over" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lay over"):

develop (superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Meaning:

Interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight

Example:

We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil

Synonyms:

lay over; stop over

Classified under:

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations

Hypernyms (to "lay over" is one way to...):

stop; stop over (interrupt a trip)

Sentence frames:

Something ----s
Somebody ----s

Derivation:

layover (a brief stay in the course of a journey)