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View definitions for overlie

overlie

verb as in dominate

verb as in lap

verb as in overlap

verb as in tower above

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When enough vapor accumulates and the pressure becomes high enough to match or overcome the weight of the overlying frost, the vapor could burst out at velocities over 70 kilometers per hour.

As the tectonic plate overlying the plume moves, a chain of volcanoes forms over time.

Material that hot is more than warm enough to rise to Earth’s surface, chew through overlying crust and create prodigious volcanic activity.

For instance, after overlying glaciers have melted, volcanoes in Iceland have shown an uptick in eruptions.

Volcanoes in Iceland, for instance, have shown an uptick in eruptions after overlying glaciers have melted, relieving the volcanic systems of the weight of the ice.

Marls and limestones with fossils of an Eocene facies overlie the Cretaceous rocks on the Gabun.

It also drains regions of the glacial drift and beds which overlie overturned Miocene strata, and are sometimes mixed with them.

This was a satire upon shams, conventions, the disguises which overlie the most spiritual realities of the soul.

Also a pair of elements which overlie the position of the external occipital joint.

These overlie the bony scutes of armadillos and occur covering the tail in several groups of mammals, such as beavers and rats.

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On this page you'll find 62 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to overlie, such as: bestride, overlook, overtop, survey, look down upon, and loom over.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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