OVERLAPPED

Scrabble

WWF

O(1) V(4) E(1) R(1) L(1) A(1) P(3) P(3) E(1) D(2)

NWL/TWL ✓ Collins ✓ WWF ✓

Definition

verb

To extend over and partly cover something.
“The mouse-mat overlapped the edge of the desk.”
To have an area, range, character or function in common.
“The two maps overlapped at the east and west edges.”
Of sets: to have some elements in common.
“The set (all men) overlaps the set (vegetarians).”
To have some similar nucleotide sequences.