1. overlying - Adjective
2. overlying - Verb
Derived from overlie
4. overlying - Adjective Satellite
of Overlie
Lying over or upon something; as, overlying rocks.
Source: Webster's dictionaryan overlying image Source: Internet
A convert thick fault breccia separates it from the overlying Qomolangma Formation. Source: Internet
A possible Roman 4th century church and associated burial ground was also discovered at Butt Road on the south-west outskirts of Colchester during the construction of the new police station there, overlying an earlier pagan cemetery. Source: Internet
Finally, once it has accumulated, the sand becomes sandstone when it is compacted by pressure of overlying deposits and cemented by the precipitation of minerals within the pore spaces between sand grains. Source: Internet
As they died, a substantial layer gradually built up over millions of years and, through the weight of overlying sediments, eventually became consolidated into rock. Source: Internet
Governance and financing With the conquest of Italy, prepared viae were extended from Rome and its vicinity to outlying municipalities, sometimes overlying earlier roads. Source: Internet