The meaning of OVERLAP is to extend over or past and cover a part of. How to use overlap in a sentence.

overlapping adjective (SAME SPACE) Add to word list covering something partly by going over its edge, or covering part of the same space:

Overlap definition: to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.. See examples of OVERLAP used in a sentence.

If you have two pieces of something, and one is covering a part of another, then they're overlapping.

ˈoʊvɚˌlæp/ v., -lapped, -lap•ping, n. v. to stretch over and cover a part of (something else): [~ + object] Each piece of tile overlaps the next one. [no object] The pieces of tile overlap.

Definition of overlap verb from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. [transitive, intransitive] overlap (something) if one thing overlaps another, or the two things overlap, part of one thing …

Arrange the tomato slices in spiralling rings over the tapenade, overlapping them slightly.