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underlay
/ʌndəɹˈleɪ/
noun 5verb 4
Collocations
4ADJ.
quiet, small
VERB + UNDERLAY
find
UNDERLAY + NOUN
companion's, plate
PREP.
in
Definitions
verb
1
To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
2
To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
3
To put a tap on (a shoe).
4
To incline from the vertical.
noun
1
A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
2
A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
3
Anything that is underlaid.
4
A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
5
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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — a pad placed under a carpet
- underlayment
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
401
to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
Wiktionary02
The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.
Wiktionary03
More than once during the years that I had lived with him in Baker Street I had observed that a small vanity underlay my companion's quiet and didactic manner.
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When I took up the old carpet, I wasn't surprised to find that the underlay had perished.
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