Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
UNDERLYING
fundamental, rudimentary, underlying
(adjective) being or involving basic facts or principles; “the fundamental laws of the universe”; “a fundamental incompatibility between them”; “these rudimentary truths”; “underlying principles”
underlying
(adjective) located beneath or below
UNDERLIE
underlie
(verb) be or form the base for
underlie
(verb) lie underneath
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
underlying (not comparable)
lying underneath
basic or fundamental
implicit
Noun
underlying (plural underlyings)
(finance) The entity from whose performance a derivative derives its value.
Verb
underlying
present participle of underlie
Anagrams
• enduringly
Source: Wiktionary
Un`der*ly"ing, a.
Definition: Lying under or beneath; hence, fundamental; as, the underlying strata of a locality; underlying principles.
UNDERLIE
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
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