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underlay

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8 lettersPronunciation /ʌndəɹˈleɪ/Part of speech verb, nounSorted adelnruyStarts with UEnds with Y0 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

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

Word origin

From Middle English underleyen, from Old English underleċġan (“to underlay, prop, support”), equivalent to under- + lay. Cognate with Dutch onderleggen (“to lay or put under”), German unterlegen (“to underlay”), Swedish underlägga (“to underlay”).

Used in a sentence

  • to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing
  • The underlay in bar 3 is unclear in Handel's manuscript.

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