Definitions for overlain

overlain o·ver·lain

Spelling: [oh-ver-leyn]
IPA: /ˌoʊ vərˈleɪn/

Overlain is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 430 anagrams from letters in overlain (aeilnorv).

Definitions for overlain

verb

  1. past participle of overlie.

verb (used with object)

  1. to lie over or upon, as a covering or stratum.
  2. to smother (an infant) by lying upon it, as in sleep.

Origin of overlain

First recorded in 1125-75, overlie is from the Middle English word overlien, overliggen. See over-, lie2

Examples for overlain

These continental deposits are overlain by a succession of marine formations whose vast area is shown on the map, Figure 260.

They are often overlain by schists and quartzites, or broken through by volcanic masses.

There was one creature in the crowd that was not to be overlain by the others.

The Keweenawan is composed of immense piles of lava, such as those of Iceland, overlain by bedded sandstones.

The nasal capsules are large and quite unossified though they are overlain by membrane bone.

The deposits are overlain by several hundred feet of loose, water-bearing sands, through which it is difficult to sink a shaft.

Large areas are overlain with trachyte, basalt, obsidian, tuff and pumice.

The drawn, haggard mask that had overlain her face so many months was dissolved away in an utter unconsciousness.

This series is overlain unconformably by a younger quartzite of similar character, and itself rests upon the crystalline schists.

A soft carpet, overlain with brown linen, is spread from the curbstone into the hall.

Word Value for overlain
Scrable

11

Words with friends

14

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