Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun overlapping

1 sense of overlapping

Sense 1
imbrication, overlapping, lapping -- (covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles))
       => covering -- (an artifact that covers something else (usually to protect or shelter or conceal it))

Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb overlap

2 senses of overlap

Sense 1
overlap -- (coincide partially or wholly; "Our vacations overlap")
       => coincide, co-occur, cooccur -- (go with, fall together)

Sense 2
overlap -- (extend over and cover a part of; "The roofs of the houses overlap in this crowded city")
       => cover, continue, extend -- (span an interval of distance, space or time; "The war extended over five years"; "The period covered the turn of the century"; "My land extends over the hills on the horizon"; "This farm covers some 200 acres"; "The Archipelago continues for another 500 miles")