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underlapping

underlapping is the present participle and gerund of underlap.

Meaning of underlap

Verb

underlap (third-person singular simple present underlaps, present participle underlapping, simple past and past participle underlapped)

  1. (transitive) To be overlapped by; to protrude underneath.
  2. to move in an underlap

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Questions about underlapping

What is underlapping the present participle and gerund of?
Underlapping is the present participle and gerund of underlap.

Words near underlapping in the dictionary

  1. underlandlord
  2. underlandlords
  3. underlanguaged
  4. underlap
  5. underlapped
  6. underlapping
  7. underlaps
  8. underlaugh
  9. underlaughs
  10. underlaughter
  11. underlaundress

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Adapted from Wiktionary: underlapping (page history and authors); underlap (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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