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Meaning of 'underlay' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Underlay [ n.]
- To put a tap on (a shoe).
- The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
- A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, to bring it, or any part of it, to the proper height; also, something placed back of a part of the tympan, so as to secure the right impression.
2 . Underlay [ v. i.]
- To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
3 . Underlay [ v. t.]
- To lay beneath; to put under.
- To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.

Meaning of 'underlay' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . underlay [ v]
Meaning (1):
- put (something) under or beneath
Example in sentence:
  • They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper
Meaning (2):
- provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
Example in sentence:
  • underlay the boards with joists
Meaning (3):
- raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
Example in sentence:
  • underlay the plate

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