"interlay" meaning in English

See interlay in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: interlays [present, singular, third-person], interlaying [participle, present], interlaid [participle, past], interlaid [past]
Etymology: From inter- + lay. Etymology templates: {{prefix|en|inter|lay}} inter- + lay Head templates: {{en-verb|interlays|interlaying|interlaid}} 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. Tags: transitive Translations (insert layers of different material): prokládat (Czech)
    Sense id: en-interlay-en-verb-2Lvm1a~U Categories (other): English terms prefixed with inter-, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Czech translations
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} interlay
  1. simple past of interlie Tags: form-of, past Form of: interlie
    Sense id: en-interlay-en-verb-82kPOwJJ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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