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onlay en · VERB · etymology 1

Etymology

From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay.

Meanings

  1. (literary, transitive) To lay or place something on a surface.

Forms

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onlaid Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
onlaid Tense=Past lexicographic
onlays Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
onlaying Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

onlay en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

From on- + lay.

Meanings

  1. (attributive, countable, often, uncountable) A material placed such that it overlaps another.
    • Umbilical hernias in many centers are best managed with the use of polypropylene mesh placed in the onlay position or Ventralex-type mesh (Bard Davol) placed intraperitoneally in patients under local anesthesia in a day-surgery setting. 2015, Evangelos P. Misiakos et al., “Current Trends in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”, in JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, volume 19, →DOI:
  2. (countable, uncountable) A restoration that covers one or more cusps of a tooth.

Forms

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onlays Number=Plur lexicographic

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