overlap Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a representation of common ground between theories or phenomena
    convergence; intersection.
    • there was no overlap between their proposals
  2. noun the property of partial coincidence in time
  3. noun a flap that lies over another part
    lap.
    • the lap of the shingles should be at least ten inches
  4. verb coincide partially or wholly
    • Our vacations overlap
  5. verb extend over and cover a part of
    • The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city

WordNet

O`ver*lap" transitive verb & intransitive verb
Definitions
  1. To lap over; to lap.
O"ver*lap` noun
Definitions
  1. The lapping of one thing over another; as, an overlap of six inches; an overlap of a slate on a roof.
  2. (Geol.) An extension of geological beds above and beyond others, as in a conformable series of beds, when the upper beds extend over a wider space than the lower, either in one or in all directions.

Webster 1913