Synonyms:
overlay, cover
Meaning: put something on top of something else; "cover the meat with a lot of gravy"
Usage examples
The big library--semi-boudoir--up-stairs is also very expressive of the home life of Edison, but again typical of his nature and disposition, for it is difficult to overlay his many technical books and scientific periodicals with a sufficiently thick crust of popular magazines or current literature to prevent their outcropping into evidence.