underlay as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
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underlie as a verb: - 1
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underlay
noun
1 underlay
A pad placed under a carpet.
synonyms: carpet pad, rug pad, underlayment.
Roget 591:
printing;
block printing,
type-printing;
plate printing
etc.
558
(engraving);
the press
etc.
(publication)
531;
composition.
print,
letterpress,
text;
context,
note,
page,
column.
typography;
stereotype,
electrotype,
aprotype†;
type,
black letter,
font,
fount;
pi,
pie;
capitals
etc.
(letters)
561;
brevier†,
bourgeois,
pica boldface
&c.,
capitals,
caps. ,
catchword;
composing-frame,
composing room,
composing rule,
composing stand,
composing stick;
italics,
justification,
linotype,
live matter,
logotype;
lower case,
upper case;
make-up,
matrix,
matter,
monotype†;
[point system],
4-1/2 point,
5 point,
5-1/2 point,
6 point,
7 point,
8 point,
press room,
press work;
reglet†,
roman;
running head,
running title;
scale,
serif,
shank,
sheet work,
shoulder,
signature,
slug,
underlay.
folio
etc.
(book)
593;
copy,
impression,
pull,
proof,
revise;
author's proof,
galley proof,
press proof;
press revise.
printer,
compositor,
reader;
printer's devil copyholder.
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verb
1 underlay
Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type.
2 underlay
Put (something) under or beneath.
3 underlay
Provide with a base, support, lining, or backing.
underlie
verb
1 underlie
Be or form the base for.
Roget 207:
be low
etc.
adj.;
lie low,
lie flat;
underlie;
crouch,
slouch,
wallow,
grovel;
lower
etc.
(depress)
308.
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Roget 526:
be latent
etc.
adj.;
lurk,
smolder,
underlie,
make no sign;
escape observation,
escape detection,
escape recognition;
lie hid
etc.
528.
laugh in one's sleeve;
keep back
etc.
(conceal)
528.
involve,
imply,
understand,
allude to,
infer,
leave an inference;
entail;
whisper
etc.
(conceal)
528.
[understand the implication]
read between the lines.
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2 underlie
Moby thesaurus: afford support, back, back up, be latent, bear, bear up, bed on, bolster, bolster up, bottom on, brace, build on, buoy up, buttress, carry, couch, cradle, crawl, crouch, crutch, cushion, escape notice, found on, give support, ground on, grovel, hibernate, hold, hold up, hug the earth, keep afloat, keep up, lend support, lie beneath, lie dormant, lie hid, lie low, lie prone, lie prostrate, lie under, lurk, mainstay, maintain, make no sign, pillow, prop, reinforce, set on, shore, shore up, shoulder, smolder, squat, stay, subsidize, subvention, support, sustain, underbrace, undergird, underpin, underset, upbear, uphold, upkeep ... show more.
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