Examples of “overlay” in a Sentence

verb To lay or spread one thing over another.

• The designer overlaid the map with a grid of coordinates.
• She overlaid the photo with a thin sheet of tracing paper before drawing on it.
• Before painting, he overlaid the wooden table with a layer of clear protective film.

noun A layer, image, or piece of information placed on top of something else.

• The app shows a translation overlay on top of the camera view.
• She added a text overlay to the video.
• A transparent overlay on the weather map showed where the rain would fall tonight.