underlay
- n a pad placed under a carpet
- v raise or support (the level of printing) by inserting a piece of paper or cardboard under the type
underlay the plate - v put (something) under or beneath
- v provide with a base, support, lining, or backing
underlay the boards with joists - v be or form the base for
- v lie underneath
- But just as both open with the soulful moan of Tibetan horns overlapped by the eerie, two-toned chanting of monks, the spiritual underlay of both is Tibet's ornate, pacifistic .
- A certain reasonableness underlay the Rumor.
- The principle that underlay this work was that mental experiences and entities, like physical ones, are part of nature.