Underlay vs. Underlie

Underlay and Underlie Definitions
Underlay
To put (one thing) under another.
Underlie
To be located under or below.
Underlay
To provide with a base or support.
Underlie
To be the support or basis of; account for
Many factors underlie my decision.
Underlay
(Printing) To raise or support (the level of a bed) by inserting a piece of paper or other material under the type.
Underlie
To constitute a prior claim over.
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Underlay
Past tense of underlie.
Underlie
(intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath something. en
Underlay
To be located under or below.
Underlie
(transitive) To lie under or beneath.
A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
Underlay
To be the support or basis of; account for
Many factors underlie my decision.
Underlie
(transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
A doctrine underlying a theory
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Underlay
To constitute a prior claim over.
Underlie
(transitive) To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
Underlay
Something, such as felt under a carpet, that is underlaid. Also called underlayment.
Underlie
(mining) To underlay.
Underlay
(Printing) Paper or other material used to underlay.
Underlie
To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
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Underlay
(transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
Underlie
To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
Underlay
(transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
To underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
Underlie
To be subject or amenable to.
The knight of Ivanhoe . . . underlies the challenge of Brian der Bois Guilbert.
Underlay
(transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
Underlie
To lie below or under.
Underlay
To incline from the vertical.
Underlie
Be or form the base for
Underlay
A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
Underlie
Lie underneath
Underlay
A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
Underlay
Anything that is underlaid.
Underlay
A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
Underlay
(music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.
Underlay
To lay beneath; to put under.
Underlay
To put a tap on (a shoe).
Underlay
To incline from the vertical; to hade; - said of a vein, fault, or lode.
Underlay
The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; - called also underlie.
Underlay
A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the form, 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.
Underlay
A pad placed under a carpet
Underlay
Raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type;
Underlay the plate
Underlay
Put (something) under or beneath;
They underlaid athe shingles with roofing paper
Underlay
Provide with a base, support, lining, or backing;
Underlay the boards with joists