different between underlie vs underlip

English

Etymology

From Middle English underlien, underliggen, from Old English underli??an (“to underlie, to be subject to, give way to”), equivalent to under- +? lie. Cognate with Dutch onderliggen (“to lie below, lie on the bottom of”), German unterliegen (“to lie under, be subject to, succumb”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??n.d?(?)?la?/
• Rhymes: -a?

Verb

underlie (third-person singular simple present underlies, present participle underlying, simple past underlay, past participle underlain)

1. (intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath.
2. (transitive) To lie under or beneath.

   A stratum of clay underlies the surface gravel.

3. (transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.

   a doctrine underlying a theory

   • 1941, Emily Carr, Klee Wyck, Chapter 6,^[1]

     […] she was carved into the bole of a red cedar tree. Sun and storm had bleached the wood, moss here and there softened the crudeness of the modelling; sincerity underlay every stroke.
4. (transitive) To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
5. (mining) To underlay.

Translations

English

Etymology

From under- +? lip. Compare Saterland Frisian Unnerlippe (“underlip”), German Unterlippe (“underlip”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /??nd?(?)?l?p/
• (US) IPA^(key): /??nd??l?p/

Noun

underlip (plural underlips)

1. The lower lip.
   • 2014, Samuel R. Delany, Tales of Nevèrÿon ?ISBN:

     His eyes were closed, his mouth opened. His breathing, irregular for three, then four, then five breaths, returned to its normal, soundless rhythm. Stubbled overlip and wet underlip moved about some final, silent word: […]

Coordinate terms

• overlip

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