Word info

underlaid

Speech parts

1. underlaid - Adjective

2. underlaid - Verb

Derived from underlay

Meaning

Laid or placed underneath; also, having something laid or lying underneath.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Examples

One of the paradoxes of Hayek is that he wrote better than he thought. That is, his writing is often more suggestive and stimulating than the thought that underlaid it. While his writing is, stylistically, difficult, it is also exceptionally profound, and its value lies in its profundity. Alan O. Ebenstein

Gestapo agents in uniform did not wear SS shoulderboards, but rather police-pattern shoulderboards piped or underlaid in "poison green" (giftgrün). Source: Internet

In the southern midlands as far south as Hobart, the dolerite is underlaid by sandstone and similar sedimentary stones. Source: Internet

The building took twenty years to complete and was constructed from white marble underlaid with brick. Source: Internet

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