underlay.
To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
Meaning & usage
To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
We underlaid the carpet with felt.
To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
To put a tap on (a shoe).
To incline from the vertical.
Where this word comes from
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”).
A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
Anything that is underlaid.
A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
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.
Where this word comes from
From Middle English underlay, underlei, equivalent to under- + lay.
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