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overlap
Verb
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Something overlaps on another thing if part of it is on top of, or at the same time as, the other thing.
The shingles of a roof need to overlap to keep rain out.
The shifts of the two workers (periods of time when they're working) need to overlap so that one worker can tell the other one what is happening.
overlap
Noun
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The act of overlapping. The amount that two things overlap on each other.
More overlap keeps the rain out better, but needs more shingles to cover the roof.
scan
Verb
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An act of looking through something quickly.
I scanned through the page to find the information I was looking for.
lines
noun
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(film, theatre) Words spoken by the actors.
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(fortifications) Dispositions made to cover extended positions, and presenting a front in but one direction to an enemy.
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(shipbuilding) Form of a vessel as shown by the outlines of vertical, horizontal, and oblique sections.
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(education) A school punishment in which a student must repeatedly write out a line of text related to the offence (e.g. "I must be quiet in class") a specified number of times; the lines of text so written out.
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(US) The reins with which a horse is guided by its driver.