ALL meanings of overlap
o·ver·lap
O o - verb with object overlap to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate. 1
- verb with object overlap to cover and extend beyond (something else): The ends of cloth overlap the table. 1
- verb with object overlap to coincide in part with; have in common with: two lives that overlapped each other. 1
- verb without object overlap to lap over: two sales territories that overlap; fields of knowledge that overlap. 1
- noun overlap an act or instance of overlapping. 1
- noun overlap the extent or amount of overlapping: The second story of the building has an overlap of ten feet. 1
- noun overlap an overlapping part. 1
- noun overlap the place of overlapping. 1
- noun overlap (in yacht racing) the position of two yachts side by side such that the overtaking boat, to pass the other on the opposite side, must fall back, or such that neither can turn toward the other without danger of collision. 1
- intransitive verb overlap cross each other 1
- noun overlap amount overlapped 1
- noun overlap sth in common 1
- intransitive verb overlap in time 1
- intransitive verb overlap have sth in common 1
- verb overlap If one thing overlaps another, or if you overlap them, a part of the first thing occupies the same area as a part of the other thing. You can also say that two things overlap. 0
- verb overlap If one idea or activity overlaps another, or overlaps with another, they involve some of the same subjects, people, or periods of time. 0
- verb overlap Overlap is also a noun. 0
- verb overlap (of two things) to extend or lie partly over (each other) 0
- verb overlap to cover and extend beyond (something) 0
- verb overlap to coincide partly in time, subject, etc 0
- noun overlap a part that overlaps or is overlapped 0
- noun overlap the amount, length, etc, overlapping 0
- noun overlap the act or fact of overlapping 0
- noun overlap a place of overlapping 0
- noun overlap the horizontal extension of the upper beds in a series of rock strata beyond the lower beds, usually caused by submergence of the land 0
- verb transitive overlap to lap over; lie upon and extend beyond a part of (something or each other) 0
- verb transitive overlap to extend over part of (a period of time, sphere of activity, etc.); coincide in part (with) 0
- noun overlap an overlapping 0
- noun overlap a part that overlaps 0
- noun overlap the amount or extent of overlapping 0
- noun overlap the place of overlapping 0