The meaning of OVERLAP is to extend over or past and cover a part of. How to use overlap in a sentence.

Eight building phases on a single farmyard are exceptional, but three or four overlapping ground plans are quite common. In such a situation, we can expect more than one - possibly …

The roof shingles overlap. The petals of the flower overlap. = The flower has overlapping petals.

the extent or amount of overlapping The second story of the building has an overlap of ten feet

If you have two pieces of something, and one is covering a part of another, then they're overlapping.

Definition of overlap verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive, intransitive] overlap (something) if one thing overlaps another, or the two things overlap, part of one thing …

ˈoʊvɚˌlæp/ v., -lapped, -lap•ping, n. v. to stretch over and cover a part of (something else): [~ + object] Each piece of tile overlaps the next one. [no object] The pieces of tile overlap.

overlapping adjective (SAME SPACE) Add to word list covering something partly by going over its edge, or covering part of the same space:

1. A part or portion that overlaps or is overlapped. 2. An instance of overlapping.

Synonyms for OVERLAPPING: overlying, lapping, overlaying, shingling, overspreading, intersecting, underlying, superposed; Antonyms of OVERLAPPING: nonconcurrent, …