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underlie

underlie is a 8-letter English word with 7 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 12 · 7 senses

Definitions

  1. 1transitive verb

    To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

  2. 2transitive verb

    To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.

  3. 3transitive verb

    To be subject or amenable to.

  4. 4intransitive verb

    To lie below or under.

  5. 5noun

    See Underlay., 1.

  6. 6verb

    be or form the base for

  7. 7verb

    lie underneath

Common word forms

underlierunderlies

Words from these letters

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