over-lapping

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synonyms for over-lapping

On this page you'll find 175 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to over-lapping, such as: extending, overlying, projecting, protruding, coincidental, and super-imposed.

How to use over-lapping in a sentence

  • No over-multiplying, no over-lapping, no denominational wrangling and wasting of money and energy.

    The Negro in the South | Booker T. Washington
  • If we turn to any of the special sciences the same dovetailing and over-lapping appear.

    The Gospel Of Evolution | Edward Aveling
  • Wooden palings bound these, built obliquely, over-lapping at regular intervals, and connected by low barriers.

    Poachers and Poaching | John Watson
  • It has no leaves but is supplied with over-lapping scale-like bracts of a warm flesh-tint.

    The Lake of the Sky | George Wharton James
  • The Indian women cut spruce twigs and laid them over-lapping on the ground for our bed.

    Memoirs | Charles Godfrey Leland

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