underlay
/ʌndəɹˈleɪ/ · verb
Meaning
- simple past of underlie
- To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
- 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.
- 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.
Etymology / origin
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”).
- underlägga(sv)→
- unterlegen(German)→
- onderleggen(nl)→
- underleċġan(ang)→
- underleyen(enm)→
- underlay (English)
- Relations: inh, inh, cog, cog, cog
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