A contraceptive device consisting of a flexible cup, used to cover the cervix during intercourse.
In a speaker, the thin, semi-rigid membrane which vibrates to produce sound.
A thin opaque structure with a central aperture, used to limit the passage of light into a camera or similar device.
Any of various membranes or sheets of muscle or ligament which separate one cavity from another.
A floor slab, metal wall panel, roof panel or the like, having a sufficiently large in-plane shear stiffness and sufficient strength to transmit horizontal forces to resisting systems.
A flexible membrane separating two chambers and fixed around its periphery that distends into one or other chamber as the difference in the pressure in the chambers varies.
In mammals, a sheet of muscle separating the thorax from the abdomen, contracted and relaxed in respiration to draw air into and expel air from the lungs; also called thoracic diaphragm.
A permeable or semipermeable membrane.
To reduce lens aperture using an optical diaphragm.
To act as a diaphragm, for example by vibrating.
A covering over something else.
A block of program code that is loaded over something previously loaded, so as to replace the functionality.
A decal attached to a computer keyboard to relabel the keys.
A pop-up covering an existing part of the display.
A horse going off at higher odds than it appears to warrant, based on its past performances.
A piece of paper pasted upon the tympan sheet to improve the impression by making it stronger at a particular place.
A cravat.
Odds which are set higher than expected or warranted. Favorable odds.
To lay, spread, or apply something over or across; cover.
To put an overlay on.
simple past tense of overlie
To overwhelm; to press excessively upon.
To bet too much money on.