Underlie




SEE: lie
verb — past tense: Underlay ; past participle: Underlain ; present participle: Underlying ; 3rd person singular present Underlies
1.
(TRANSITIVE) (to lie under or beneath, to be the basis of, to be the facts that account for) rocks underlie the earth នៅក្រោម, These ideas underlie all his writings ជាមូលដ្ឋាន, underlying (form) ជាដើមកំណើត
2.
(បច្ចេកទេស) ជាមូលដ្ឋាន, បង្កើតជាមូលដ្ឋាន
ENGLISH MEANING
verb — past tense: Underlay ; past participle: Underlain ; present participle: Underlying ; 3rd person singular present Underlies
1.
(TRANSITIVE) To lie under; to rest beneath; to be situated under; as, a stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.
2.
(TRANSITIVE) To be at the basis of; to form the foundation of; to support; as, a doctrine underlying a theory.
3.
(TRANSITIVE) To be subject or amenable to.
4.
(INTRANSITIVE) To lie below or under.