underlay
(verb) provide with a base, support, lining, or backing; “underlay the boards with joists”
underlay
(verb) put (something) under or beneath; “They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper”
underlay
(verb) raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; “underlay the plate”
underlie
(verb) be or form the base for
underlie
(verb) lie underneath
Source: WordNet® 3.1
underlay
simple past tense of underlie
underlay (third-person singular simple present underlays, present participle underlaying, simple past and past participle underlaid)
(transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
(transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
(transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
(mining, ambitransitive, of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical.
Synonym: hade
underlay (plural underlays)
A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
Anything that is underlaid.
(printing, historical) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
(music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
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Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*lay", v. t. Etym: [AS. underlecgan. See Under, and Lay, v. t.]
1. To lay beneath; to put under.
2. To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.
3. To put a tap on (a shoe). [Prov. Eng.]
Un`der*lay", v. i. (Mining)
Definition: To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Un"der*lay`, n.
1. (Mining)
Definition: The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
2. (Print.)
Definition: A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.
Un`der*lie", v. t. Etym: [AS. underlicgan. See Under, and Lie to be prostrate.]
1. To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
2. To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
3. To be subject or amenable to. [R.] The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert. Sir W. Scott.
Un`der*lie", v. i.
Definition: To lie below or under.
Un"der*lie`, n.
Definition: See Underlay, n., 1.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
19 April 2025
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