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interlaying

interlaying is the present participle and gerund of interlay.

Meaning of interlay

Verb

interlay (third-person singular simple present interlays, present participle interlaying, simple past and past participle interlaid)

  1. (transitive) To insert layers of a different material between.
    • Each pair of pages of the book is interlaid by carbon paper.

Questions about interlaying

What is interlaying the present participle and gerund of?
Interlaying is the present participle and gerund of interlay.

Words near interlaying in the dictionary

  1. interlayer
  2. interlayered
  3. interlayering
  4. interlayerings
  5. interlayers
  6. interlaying
  7. interlayment
  8. interlayments
  9. interlays
  10. interleading
  11. interleaf

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Adapted from Wiktionary: interlaying (page history and authors); interlay (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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