UNDERLAY (underlaid)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: underlaid   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does underlay mean? 

• UNDERLAY (noun)
  The noun UNDERLAY has 1 sense:

1. a pad placed under a carpet

  Familiarity information: UNDERLAY used as a noun is very rare.

• UNDERLAY (verb)
  The verb UNDERLAY has 3 senses:

1. raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type

2. put (something) under or beneath

3. provide with a base, support, lining, or backing

  Familiarity information: UNDERLAY used as a verb is uncommon.

 Dictionary entry details 

• UNDERLAY (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A pad placed under a carpet

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

carpet pad; rug pad; underlay; underlayment

Hypernyms ("underlay" is a kind of...):

pad (a flat mass of soft material used for protection, stuffing, or comfort)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "underlay"):

underfelt (a carpet pad of thick felt)

• UNDERLAY (verb)

Present simple: I / you / we / they underlay    ... he / she / it underlays   
Past simple: underlayed   
Past participle: underlayed   
-ing form: underlaying   

Sense 1

Meaning:

Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type

Classified under:

Verbs of walking, flying, swimming

Context example:

underlay the plate

Hypernyms (to "underlay" is one way to...):

bring up; elevate; get up; lift; raise (raise from a lower to a higher position)

Domain category:

printing; printing process (reproduction by applying ink to paper as for publication)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 2

Meaning:

Put (something) under or beneath

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper

Hypernyms (to "underlay" is one way to...):

lay; place; pose; position; put; set (put into a certain place or abstract location)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

underlayment (a pad placed under a carpet)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Provide with a base, support, lining, or backing

Classified under:

Verbs of eating and drinking

Context example:

underlay the boards with joists

Hypernyms (to "underlay" is one way to...):

cater; ply; provide; supply (give what is desired or needed, especially support, food or sustenance)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

 Context examples 

One realised the red-hot energy which underlay Holmes’s phlegmatic exterior when one saw the sudden change which came over him from the moment that he entered the fatal apartment.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

His manner was languid, his voice drawling, and while he eclipsed my uncle in the extravagance of his speech, he had not the air of manliness and decision which underlay all my kinsman’s affectations.

(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)