underlay
IPA: ˈʌndɝɫeɪ
noun
- A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
- A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
- Anything that is underlaid.
- (printing, historical) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
- (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
verb
- (transitive) To lay (something) underneath something else; to put under.
- (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
- (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
- (mining, transitive, intransitive, of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical.
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