overlapping — English Dictionary

Adjective

1. That overlaps something else

   Examples

   A long-skirted, cabalistically-cut coat of a faded walnut tinge enveloped him; the overlapping sleeves of which were rolled up on his wrists.

Noun

1. The situation in which things overlap.

   Examples

   This overlapping is reflective of hybrid languages, where certain features (phonetic, orthographic, semantic, syntactic) are also difficult to disentangle.

Noun

1. covering with a design in which one element covers a part of another (as with tiles or shingles)

   Synonyms

   imbricationlapping

   Broader terms

   covering