"onlay" meaning in All languages combined

See onlay on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: onlays [plural]
Etymology: on- + lay. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|on|lay}} on- + lay Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} onlay (countable and uncountable, plural onlays)
  1. (often attributive) A material placed such that it overlaps another. Tags: attributive, countable, often, uncountable Related terms: inlay
    Sense id: en-onlay-en-noun-2GY2mRiy Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms prefixed with on- Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 96 4 Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with on-: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb [English]

Forms: onlays [present, singular, third-person], onlaying [participle, present], onlaid [participle, past], onlaid [past]
Etymology: From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|onleien}} Middle English onleien, {{pre|en|on|lay}} on- + lay Head templates: {{en-verb|onlays|onlaying|onlaid}} onlay (third-person singular simple present onlays, present participle onlaying, simple past and past participle onlaid)
  1. (transitive, literary) To lay or place something on a surface. Tags: literary, transitive
    Sense id: en-onlay-en-verb-RZO~kNoF Categories (other): English terms prefixed with on- Disambiguation of English terms prefixed with on-: 48 52
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for onlay meaning in All languages combined (2.7kB)

{
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "onleien"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English onleien",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "on",
        "3": "lay"
      },
      "expansion": "on- + lay",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "onlays",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onlaying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onlaid",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onlaid",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "onlays",
        "2": "onlaying",
        "3": "onlaid"
      },
      "expansion": "onlay (third-person singular simple present onlays, present participle onlaying, simple past and past participle onlaid)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with on-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lay or place something on a surface."
      ],
      "id": "en-onlay-en-verb-RZO~kNoF",
      "links": [
        [
          "lay",
          "lay"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, literary) To lay or place something on a surface."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "onlay"
}

{
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "on",
        "3": "lay"
      },
      "expansion": "on- + lay",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "on- + lay.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "onlays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "onlay (countable and uncountable, plural onlays)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "96 4",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "48 52",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms prefixed with on-",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A material placed such that it overlaps another."
      ],
      "id": "en-onlay-en-noun-2GY2mRiy",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often attributive) A material placed such that it overlaps another."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "inlay"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "countable",
        "often",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "onlay"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Middle English",
    "English terms inherited from Middle English",
    "English terms prefixed with on-",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "English verbs"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 1,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "enm",
        "3": "onleien"
      },
      "expansion": "Middle English onleien",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "on",
        "3": "lay"
      },
      "expansion": "on- + lay",
      "name": "pre"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle English onleien, onleggen (“to lay or place; impose; attack”). Equivalent to on- + lay.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "onlays",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onlaying",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onlaid",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "onlaid",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "onlays",
        "2": "onlaying",
        "3": "onlaid"
      },
      "expansion": "onlay (third-person singular simple present onlays, present participle onlaying, simple past and past participle onlaid)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English literary terms",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To lay or place something on a surface."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "lay",
          "lay"
        ],
        [
          "place",
          "place"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, literary) To lay or place something on a surface."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "literary",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "onlay"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms prefixed with on-",
    "English uncountable nouns"
  ],
  "etymology_number": 2,
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "on",
        "3": "lay"
      },
      "expansion": "on- + lay",
      "name": "prefix"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "on- + lay.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "onlays",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "~"
      },
      "expansion": "onlay (countable and uncountable, plural onlays)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "inlay"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "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",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A material placed such that it overlaps another."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(often attributive) A material placed such that it overlaps another."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "attributive",
        "countable",
        "often",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "onlay"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-06-04 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (e9e0a99 and db5a844). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.