underlie

Significado (Inglês)

1. (intransitive) To lie in a position directly beneath something.
2. (transitive) To lie under or beneath.
3. (transitive) To serve as a basis of; form the foundation of.
4. (transitive) To be subject to; be liable to answer, as a charge or challenge.
5. To underlay.

Sinônimos

underlay

found

bed

🛏️

buy the farm

choke

conk

croak

decease

demise

die

💀

drop dead

exit

expire

go

ground

kick the bucket

lie

lie down

mat

pad

pass

pass away

pass on

perish

pop off

repose

roll over

shim

subtend

succumb

ring down the curtain

be subject to

table mat

snuff it

cash in one’s chips

drip mat

give-up the ghost

cease to be

go to meet ones maker

backing

join the choir invisible

base

Traduções

unterliegen

sucumbir

den Löffel abgeben

💀

draufgehen

sterben

💀

den Geist aufgeben

ins Gras beißen

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/ˌʌn.dəˈlaɪ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: underlien

Herdado de inglês arcaico: underliċġan

Cognato com holandês: onderliggen

Cognato com alemão: unterliegen

In summary

From Middle English underlien, underliggen, from Old English underliċġan (“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”).