Dictionary

underlay en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ʌndəɹˈleɪ/
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Etymology

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”).

Meanings

1. (form-of, past) simple past of underlie
   form of underlie
2. (transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
   • We underlaid the carpet with felt.
3. (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
   • to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
4. (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
5. (ambitransitive, of a vein, qualifier:fault) To incline from the vertical.

Forms

Deriveds

underlayment

Synonyms

hade

underlay en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈʌndəɹˌleɪ/

Etymology

From Middle English underlay, underlei, equivalent to under- + lay.

Meanings

1. (countable, uncountable) A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
2. (countable, uncountable) A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
3. (countable, uncountable) Anything that is underlaid.
4. (countable, historical, uncountable) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
5. (countable, uncountable) 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.

Forms

Translations (18)

ru подсти́лка (anything underlaid) · fi alunen (anything underlaid) · mi tuwhara (soft floor covering under carpet) · fi alusmatto (soft floor covering under carpet) · az döşənək (anything underlaid) · ru подкла́дка (anything underlaid) · cmn 地毯襯墊 /地毯衬垫 (soft floor covering under carpet) · cmn 襯墊物 /衬垫物 (anything underlaid) · alt јайгыш (anything underlaid) · ru подсло́й (soft floor covering under carpet) · ru основа́ние (soft floor covering under carpet) · ru подсти́лка (soft floor covering under carpet) · fi alusta (anything underlaid) · ga fobhrat (soft floor covering under carpet) · cmn 襯底 /衬底 (anything underlaid) · fr sous-couche (soft floor covering under carpet) · ru подкла́дка (soft floor covering under carpet) · ga foleagan (piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc.)