Meaning

1 senses

  1. To insert layers of a different material between.

    Each pair of pages of the book is interlaid by carbon paper.

Origin

From inter- + lay.

From inter- + lay.

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Forms

interlays, interlaying, interlaid, interlaid

irregular · Lesson

Base forminterlay · to interlay
3rd person singularinterlays
Present participleinterlaying
Past simpleinterlaid
Past participleinterlaid

Tenses

interlay · interlaid · will interlay · have interlaid

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Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyinterlay
he, she, itinterlays

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave interlaid
he, she, ithas interlaid

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill interlay

Past simpleLesson

all personsinterlaid

Word family

1 related words
Derivedinterlayment

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
interjectC1interjectionC1interlaceinterlockinterlocutorinterloper

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