1 verb GEOL be on top of sth TRANSITIVEforshrathnaighthe soil is overlain by a layer of silttá forshraith siolta os cionn na hithreach2 verb dominant aspect TRANSITIVEthis sadness overlies all his worktá an brón seo le brath ar a shaothar ar fad
overlying
adjectivethe overlying ligamentan ballnasc atá á chlúdach, an ballnasc atá ina luí air