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LAY OVER
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Place on top of
Example:
can you superimpose the two images?
Synonyms:
lay over; superimpose; superpose
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "lay over" is one way to...):
lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lay over"):
develop (superimpose a three-dimensional surface on a plane without stretching, in geometry)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 2
Meaning:
Interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight
Example:
We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil
Synonyms:
lay over; stop over
Classified under:
Verbs of being, having, spatial relations
Hypernyms (to "lay over" is one way to...):
stop; stop over (interrupt a trip)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
Derivation:
layover (a brief stay in the course of a journey)
