underlay
verb (used with object)
to lay under or beneath.
underlaying
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present participleof underlay.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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I was excited to get back to the medicine because it’s a kind of performance that is totally integrated — it’s physical, it’s intellectual, it’s emotional, it’s professional, underlaying humanity and reality to it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 10, 2025
WikiLeaks promotes the ideal of "scientific journalism" - where the underlaying evidence of all articles is available to the reader precisely inorder to avoid these type of distortions.
From Salon ● Mar. 5, 2011
The first of these shows both flat and raised work: the latter illustrates not only various degrees of relief, but several ways of underlaying.
From Art in Needlework A Book about Embroidery by Mary Buckle
