English to English
noun
- a pad placed under a carpet
source: WordNet 3.0
- The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
source: Webster 1913
verb
- raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
Underlay the plate.
source: WordNet 3.0
- put (something) under or beneath
They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper.
source: WordNet 3.0
- provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
Underlay the boards with joists.
source: WordNet 3.0
- To lay beneath; to put under.
source: Webster 1913
- To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
source: Webster 1913
