Associations to the word «Underlay»
Noun
- Foam
- Carpet
- Brilliant
- Ginger
- Mattress
- Braid
- Assumption
- Amber
- Mat
- Pad
- Horace
- Harmony
- Cruiser
- Layer
- Armor
- Tension
- Width
- Math
- Principle
- Firing
- Cal
- Bread
- Grandson
- Conviction
- Genius
- Comfort
- Theory
- Meter
- Notion
- Felt
- Everything
- Text
- Floor
- Idea
- Revolution
- Analysis
- Creation
- Surface
- Depth
- Self
- Debate
- Crisis
- Reform
- Palace
- Shadow
- Thought
- Feeling
- Material
- Scholar
- Target
- Advantage
- Great
Verb
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Wiktionary
UNDERLAY, verb. Simple past tense of underlie
UNDERLAY, verb. (transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
UNDERLAY, verb. (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
UNDERLAY, verb. (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
UNDERLAY, verb. (mining) (intransitive) (of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical; to hade.
UNDERLAY, noun. A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
UNDERLAY, noun. A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
UNDERLAY, noun. Anything that is underlaid
UNDERLAY, noun. (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
Dictionary definition
UNDERLAY, noun. A pad placed under a carpet.
UNDERLAY, verb. Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type; "underlay the plate".
UNDERLAY, verb. Put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper".
UNDERLAY, verb. Provide with a base, support, lining, or backing; "underlay the boards with joists".
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