overlay

  1. Verb.  (transitive) To lay, or spread, something over or across; to cover.
  2. Verb.  To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
  3. Verb.  (transitive) To smother with a close covering, or by lying upon.
  4. Verb.  (transitive, printing) To put an overlay on.
  5. Noun.  (printing) A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
  6. Noun.  (betting) Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
  7. Noun.  (horse racing) A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.

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