underlay

Sinhala Dictionary definitions for underlay

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underlay : යටැතිරිය

underlay : යටින් පිහිටුවනවා

underlay : යටින් තබනවා

underlay definition

Transitive verb.

  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.

Noun.

  1. To put a tap on (a shoe).
  2. The inclination of a vein, fault, or lode from the vertical; a hade; -- called also underlie.
  3. 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.

Intransitive verb. To incline from the vertical; to hade; -- said of a vein, fault, or lode.