underlaying
Installing a base
Underlaying is the past tense of underlay, meaning to place something beneath as a support or foundation: They were underlaying the carpet with foam padding.
Not to be confused with underlying, which describes something that lies beneath or forms the basis of something else.
Horizontal building beams
- beamsRays or supports
- girdersHorizontal structural supports
- trussesTriangulated load-bearing frames
- subfloorBase beneath finished flooring
sheathing · decking · rafters · purlins · studs · bracing · struts · battens
Foundational preparation for something
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- basisUnderlying support or principle
- cornerstoneFoundational building block
footing · infrastructure · substructure · platform · framework · matrix · backbone · support system
Present but inactive
- concealedMade invisible deliberately
- obscuredMade hard to perceive
- veiledConcealed or obscured
- buriedPlaced beneath earth
submerged · undetected · unseen · implicit · subtextual · unspoken · tacit · covert
Horizontal layer of material
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- substratumFoundational layer beneath
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
- depositionFormal testimony under oath
lithosphere · crust · mantle · tectonics · erosion · fossilization · minerals · paleontology
joists
Horizontal building beams
subfloor · sheathing · decking · rafters · purlins · studs · bracing · struts · battens · furring
groundwork
Foundational preparation for something
- underpinningFoundational support beneath
- substrateUnderlying supporting material
- basisUnderlying support or principle
cornerstone · footing · infrastructure · substructure · platform · framework · matrix · backbone · support system · base layer
latent
Present but inactive
buried · submerged · undetected · unseen · implicit · subtextual · unspoken · tacit · covert · masked
stratum
Horizontal layer of material
- bedrockSolid stone underground
- substratumFoundational layer beneath
- sedimentParticles settling in liquid
deposition · lithosphere · crust · mantle · tectonics · erosion · fossilization · minerals · paleontology
underlayingoverlaying
Placing something on top
overlying · covering · superimposing · topping · laying over
under, overlay, underlying, inlay, underlie, underlay, inlays, overlaying, underlayer