When inserting the budwood into the root stock, make the cambium layers overlap.
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Overlap
//ˌəʊvəˈlæp//
Synonyms for "overlap" (142 found)
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Closest matches (29)
Strong matches (42)
Related words (71)
gingerbreadgo togethergo withhang overhang togetherharmonizeharmonyhithold togetherimbricateimbricationinterlockintersectionjibejutlap overlie overlockluxurymatch
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needlessnessonenessonlapornamentationoveradornmentoverarchoverhangoverlappingoverlayoverlayeroverlieoverridepaddingparallelparallelismpayroll paddingpeacepleonasmprolixityrapportredundanceredundancyregisterregister withrespond torideself-consistencyshinglesing in chorussort withspansquaresquare withstand togethersuperfluitysuperfluousnesssymmetrysyncsynchronismtallytautologytiminguniformityunionunisonunisonanceunnecessarinessverbosity
Noun(3 words)
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2 entriesRelated terms
11 entriesderived
5 entriesderived from
1 entrieshas context
5 entriesis a
2 entriesmanner of
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12 entriesTranslations
70 translations across 25 languages.
Basque
1 entries- gainjarri verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Bulgarian
4 entries- застъпване noun (something that overlaps)
- припокриване noun (something that overlaps)
- застъпвам verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- припокривам се verb (to have an area, range, character or function in common)
Catalan
2 entries- encavalcar verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- encavallar verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 重叠 verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Czech
1 entries- překrývat se verb (to have an area, range, character or function in common)
Dutch
4 entries- overlap noun (something that overlaps)
- bedekken verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- overlappen verb (to have an area, range, character or function in common)
- overlappen verb ((used of sets) to have some elements in common)
Esperanto
1 entries- komunaĵo noun (something that overlaps)
Finnish
4 entries- leikata verb ((used of sets) to have some elements in common)
- limittyä verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- limittää verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- mennä päällekkäin verb (to have an area, range, character or function in common)
French
4 entries- chevauchement noun (something that overlaps)
- avoir une intersection commune avec verb ((used of sets) to have some elements in common)
- chevaucher verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- se chevaucher verb (to have an area, range, character or function in common)
German
4 entries- hinausragen über verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- schneiden verb ((used of sets) to have some elements in common)
- überdecken verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- überlagern verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Greek
4 entries- επικάλυψη noun (something that overlaps)
- επικαλύπτομαι verb (to have an area, range, character or function in common)
- επικαλύπτομαι verb ((used of sets) to have some elements in common)
- επικαλύπτω verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Indonesian
4 entries- tumpang tindih noun (something that overlaps)
- bertumpang tindih verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- bertumpang tindih verb (to have an area, range, character or function in common)
- bertumpangtindih verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Italian
4 entries- accavallare verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- embricare verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- sovrapporsi verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- sovrapporsi verb (to have DNA parts in common)
Latvian
1 entries- pārklāties verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Macedonian
1 entries- се по́клопи verb (to have an area, range, character or function in common)
Malay
1 entries- pertindihan noun (something that overlaps)
Māori
1 entries- inaki verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Polish
2 entries- pokrywać się verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- zachodzić na siebie verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Portuguese
3 entries- cobrir verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- sobrepor verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- sobrepor-se verb (to have DNA parts in common)
Romanian
1 entries- suprapune verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Russian
4 entries- нахлёст noun (something that overlaps)
- перекрытие noun (something that overlaps)
- накрыва́ть verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- перекрыва́ть verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- tar-iadhadh noun (something that overlaps)
Spanish
4 entries- solapo noun (something that overlaps)
- traslapo noun (something that overlaps)
- asolapar verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
- imbricar verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Swedish
1 entries- överlappa verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Vietnamese
1 entries- chồng chéo verb (to extend over and partly cover something)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that America and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
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Overlap can occur.
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I have come here to seek a new beginning between the United States and Muslims around the world; one based upon mutual interest and mutual respect; and one based upon the truth that the United States and Islam are not exclusive, and need not be in competition. Instead, they overlap, and share common principles – principles of justice and progress; tolerance and the dignity of all human beings.
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