underlay
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a pad placed under a carpet
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- underlay derivation
Sense 2 verb
raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
underlay the plate
Types & categories
- lift hypernym
Related & opposite
- printing process domain topic
Sense 3 verb
put (something) under or beneath
They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper
Types & categories
- put hypernym
Related & opposite
- carpet pad derivation
Sense 4 verb
provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
underlay the boards with joists
Types & categories
- ply hypernym
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | underlay |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | pad |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | underfelt |
| 2 | domain topic | Related & opposite | printing process |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lift |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | carpet pad |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | put |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | ply |