GNU Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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   Overlap (?), v. t.
   1. To lay (one thing) over another; to lap.
   
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   2. To cover part of.
   
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   Overlap (?), 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”.
   
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   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”.
   
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   Overlap (?), n.
   1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, “an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.”
   
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   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.
   
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