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▸ verb: (transitive) To provide a support for something; to raise or support by something laid under.
▸ verb: (transitive) To put a tap on (a shoe).
▸ verb: (mining, transitive, intransitive, of a vein, fault, or lode) To incline from the vertical.
▸ noun: A layer (of earth, etc.) that lies under another; substratum.
▸ noun: A soft floor covering that lies under a carpet.
▸ noun: Anything that is underlaid.
▸ noun: (printing, historical) A piece of paper pasted under woodcuts, stereotype plates, etc. in a form, to bring them up to the necessary level for printing.
▸ noun: (music) Lyrics; or more specifically, the way in which lyrics are assigned to musical notes.
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underlayment,
carpet pad,
rug pad,
underlied,
underlayer,
underput,
undergird,
underlap,
underplant,
undercloak,
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