overlies
- present tense form of overlie (3rd person singular).
Example Sentences
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A deep fracture in the Tibetan Plateau known as the Cona-Sangri rift overlies the tear—a tantalizing hint that the tumult in the Indian Plate’s underbelly might somehow ripple to the surface.
From Science Magazine • Jan. 9, 2024
That’s a very specific cause of cardiac arrest that occurs when there is blunt force trauma to the heart, or the chest wall that overlies the heart.
From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 25, 2023
So they wet the skin that overlies this big balloon of blood right behind their nostrils.
From Slate • Jan. 28, 2023
When a strong jet streak overlies a developing low-pressure system, it creates a feedback pattern that makes warm air rise at an increasing rate.
From Scientific American • Jan. 28, 2022
But it is important to observe that a thick layer of the coarse pottery of the Old Kingdom here overlies Neolithic tombs.
From El Kab by Quibell, James Edward
