Thesaurus: underlay

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1. v. t. To lay beneath; to put under.
2. v. t. To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2.
3. n. To put a tap on (a shoe).
4. v. i. To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.
5. n. The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
6. n. A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, 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.
7. n. a pad placed under a carpet
8. v. raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
9. v. put (something) under or beneath
10. v. provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
11. 1. To lay beneath; to put under. 2. To raise or support by something laid under; as, to underlay a cut, plate, or the like, for printing. See Underlay, n., 2. 3. To put a tap on (a shoe). [Prov. Eng.] To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode. 1. (Mining) The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie. 2. (Print.) A thickness of paper, pasteboard, or the like, placed under a cut, or stereotype plate, or under type, in the from, 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.
12. To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein,fault, or lode.