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Underlay
//ʌndəɹˈleɪ// noun, verb
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
- 2 a pad placed under a carpet wordnet
- 3 A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
- 4 Anything that is underlaid.
- 5 A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing. historical
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- 6 Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
"The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript."
Verb
- 1 simple past of underlie form-of, past
- 2 To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under. transitive
- 3 provide with a base, support, lining, or backing wordnet
- 4 To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under. transitive
"to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing"
- 5 put (something) under or beneath wordnet
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- 6 To put a tap on (a shoe). transitive
- 7 raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type wordnet
- 8 To incline from the vertical. ambitransitive
Etymology
Etymology 1
From Middle English underleyen, from Old English underleċġan (“to underlay, prop, support”), equivalent to under- + lay. Cognate with Dutch onderleggen (“to lay or put under”), German unterlegen (“to underlay”), Swedish underlägga (“to underlay”).
Etymology 2
From Middle English underleyen, from Old English underleċġan (“to underlay, prop, support”), equivalent to under- + lay. Cognate with Dutch onderleggen (“to lay or put under”), German unterlegen (“to underlay”), Swedish underlägga (“to underlay”).
Etymology 3
From Middle English underlay, underlei, equivalent to under- + lay.
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