onlay
onlay verb: to lay or place something on a surface.
Verb
onlay (third-person singular simple present onlays, present participle onlaying, simple past and past participle onlaid)
Noun
onlay (countable and uncountable, plural onlays)
- A material placed such that it overlaps another.
- Umbilical hernias in many centers are best managed with the use of polypropylene mesh placed in the onlay position or Ventralex-type mesh (Bard Davol) placed intraperitoneally in patients under local anesthesia in a day-surgery setting.2015, Evangelos P. Misiakos et al., “Current Trends in Laparoscopic Ventral Hernia Repair”, in JSLS : Journal of the Society of Laparoendoscopic Surgeons, volume 19, →DOI
- A restoration that covers one or more cusps of a tooth.
onlay meaning in Tamil
onlay in Tamil
- ஒட்டறுவை, ஒட்டறுவையால் மூடல், ஒட்டுத்திசுப்படலம்
Forms of onlay
| Verb | |
|---|---|
| third-person singular present | onlays |
| present participle | onlaying |
| past participle | onlaid |
| past | onlaid |
| Noun | |
| plural | onlays |
Origin of onlay
From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay.
From on- + lay.
Questions about onlay
- What does onlay mean?
- Onlay means to lay or place something on a surface.
- What is onlay in Tamil?
- Onlay in Tamil is ஒட்டறுவை, ஒட்டறுவையால் மூடல், ஒட்டுத்திசுப்படலம். See Onlay meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is onlay?
- Onlay can be a verb or a noun.
- What is the past tense of onlay?
- The past tense of onlay is onlaid.
Words near onlay in the dictionary
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