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PRONUNCIATION OF UNLAY

unlay  [ʌnˈleɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNLAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Unlay is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb unlay in English.

WHAT DOES UNLAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of unlay in the English dictionary

The definition of unlay in the dictionary is to untwist to separate its strands.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO UNLAY

PRESENT

Present
I unlay
you unlay
he/she/it unlays
we unlay
you unlay
they unlay
Present continuous
I am unlaying
you are unlaying
he/she/it is unlaying
we are unlaying
you are unlaying
they are unlaying
Present perfect
I have unlayed
you have unlayed
he/she/it has unlayed
we have unlayed
you have unlayed
they have unlayed
Present perfect continuous
I have been unlaying
you have been unlaying
he/she/it has been unlaying
we have been unlaying
you have been unlaying
they have been unlaying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I unlayed
you unlayed
he/she/it unlayed
we unlayed
you unlayed
they unlayed
Past continuous
I was unlaying
you were unlaying
he/she/it was unlaying
we were unlaying
you were unlaying
they were unlaying
Past perfect
I had unlayed
you had unlayed
he/she/it had unlayed
we had unlayed
you had unlayed
they had unlayed
Past perfect continuous
I had been unlaying
you had been unlaying
he/she/it had been unlaying
we had been unlaying
you had been unlaying
they had been unlaying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will unlay
you will unlay
he/she/it will unlay
we will unlay
you will unlay
they will unlay
Future continuous
I will be unlaying
you will be unlaying
he/she/it will be unlaying
we will be unlaying
you will be unlaying
they will be unlaying
Future perfect
I will have unlayed
you will have unlayed
he/she/it will have unlayed
we will have unlayed
you will have unlayed
they will have unlayed
Future perfect continuous
I will have been unlaying
you will have been unlaying
he/she/it will have been unlaying
we will have been unlaying
you will have been unlaying
they will have been unlaying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would unlay
you would unlay
he/she/it would unlay
we would unlay
you would unlay
they would unlay
Conditional continuous
I would be unlaying
you would be unlaying
he/she/it would be unlaying
we would be unlaying
you would be unlaying
they would be unlaying
Conditional perfect
I would have unlay
you would have unlay
he/she/it would have unlay
we would have unlay
you would have unlay
they would have unlay
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been unlaying
you would have been unlaying
he/she/it would have been unlaying
we would have been unlaying
you would have been unlaying
they would have been unlaying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you unlay
we let´s unlay
you unlay
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to unlay
Past participle
unlayed
Present Participle
unlaying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNLAY


alay
əˈleɪ
allay
əˈleɪ
belay
bɪˈleɪ
brise-soleil
ˌbriːzsəʊˈleɪ
Brule
bruːˈleɪ
cabriolet
ˌkæbrɪəʊˈleɪ
cassoulet
ˌkæsəˈleɪ
delay
dɪˈleɪ
gelee
ʒəˈleɪ
gilet
dʒɪˈleɪ
inlay
ɪnˈleɪ
Malay
məˈleɪ
Mandalay
ˌmændəˈleɪ
Millay
mɪˈleɪ
mislay
mɪsˈleɪ
overlay
ˌəʊvəˈleɪ
palay
pæˈleɪ
underlay
ˌʌndəˈleɪ
uplay
ʌpˈleɪ
waylay
weɪˈleɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNLAY

unlace
unlaced
unlade
unladen
unladylike
unlaid
unlamented
unlash
unlatch
unlaundered
unlaw
unlawful
unlawful assembly
unlawful entry
unlawful killing
unlawful possession
unlawful wounding
unlawfully
unlawfulness
unlead

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNLAY

airplay
Barclay
child´s play
clay
cosplay
display
fair play
Finlay
foreplay
gameplay
interplay
lay
onlay
outlay
play
plug and play
relay
replay
role-play
screenplay

Synonyms and antonyms of unlay in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «unlay» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNLAY

Find out the translation of unlay to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of unlay from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «unlay» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

unlay
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Destorcer
570 millions of speakers

English

unlay
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

unlay
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

unlay
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

unlay
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

unlay
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

unlay
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

unlay
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Menyematkan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

unlay
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

unlay
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

unlay
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Pring
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

tháo ra từng sợi
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

unlay
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दुर्लक्ष करा
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

unlay
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

unlay
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

unlay
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

unlay
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

unlay
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

unlay
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

unlay
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

unlay
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

unlay
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of unlay

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNLAY»

The term «unlay» is regularly used and occupies the 102.953 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNLAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «unlay» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «unlay» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about unlay

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNLAY»

Discover the use of unlay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to unlay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Seamanship: Comp. from Various Authorities and Illustrated ...
Ill, Plate 13. Unlay the end and reeve two of the strands through the end link ; unlay the third strand (3) some distance back, following it up as in a long splice with one of the other strands (2) ; half knot and stick as in a splice ; the remaining end ...
Stephen Bleecker Luce, 1863
2
The rigger's guide
Put a good whipping on the cable, at 14 ft. from the end, then unlay the cable to the whipping. Lash the cable to any place that is convenient. Take the turns well out of the strands and put a tackle on them, and heave them out tight, one at a ...
Charles Bushell, 1856
3
The Young Sea Officer's Sheet Anchor; or, a Key to the ...
SPLICING. ——Q-§-O—A SHORT SPLICE. To splice the two ends of a Rope together, proceed thus z—Unlay the Strands for a convenient Length; then take an end in each hand, place them one within the other, (Fig. 12,) and draw them close.
Darcy LEVER (of Pontefract.), 1819
4
Constitution - All Sails Up and Flying
A SHORT SPLICE To splice two ends of a rope together, unlay the rope first to a convenient length, and crutch them together as you see in the sketch. Hold the three strands next to you in the left hand solid around the other part until you stick  ...
Olof A. Eriksen, 2009
5
The seaman's friend
Unlay the end of a rope. Take one strand round the rope and through its own bight ; then the next strand underneath, through the bight of the first, and through its own bight; and the third strand underneath, through both the other bights, and  ...
Richard Henry Dana, 1841
6
MotorBoating
Instead of immediately tucking strands, as done in short splices, unlay one strand back from the crotch. As you do this, fill the spiral groove or channel formed by the receding strand with one strand from the other rope. This follow-up strand, ...
7
MotorBoating
Instead of immediately tuckingr strands, as done in short splices, unlay one strand back from the crotch. As you do this, fill the spiral groove or channel formed by the receding strand with one strand from the other rope. This follow-up strand, ...
8
Care and use of rope on the farm
This is simply a crown knot with the ends tucked into the rope and is formed in this manner: Unlay five or six turns of the rope. One strand is folded back along the rope, forming a loop, as shown in figure Q,A. The second strand is folded across ...
James Robert McCalmont, 1943
9
Memorabilia of the City of Glasgow: Selected from the Minute ...
And gif thay be fund that thay mak nocht diligince in trying of the premisses, but ourseis the samyn; in that cais thay sail pay of unlay xl s money, and thair bodie to be punischit at the beilleis will. Item, that na flesche be brokin at the merket ...
Glasgow (Scotland), James Hill, John Smith, 1835
10
Admiralty Manual of Seamanship
Prepare the rope as for an eye splice, but do not place a whipping round the rope , and unlay the strands to a length 30 times the diameter of the rope. Then unlay one strand, A, for another 150mm, or twice the intended length of the eye (Fig ...
‎1995

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNLAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term unlay is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Blue Brothers stun Tamasak FC, reign in Ceres Cup
And this what makes our win sweeter,” said Daddy coaches Ramy Garcia, Yaye Doque and Peter Unlay. Blue Brothers' Xian Tumang went on to bag the MVP ... «Philippine Star, May 15»
2
Pinko apresenta a sua nova coleção primavera-verão: Sport e Gipsy …
São três os temas: Corner Forever - cortes lineares com cantos metálicos; New & Stripes Color Block - riscas de cores constantes; See Through - um unlay ... «Activa, May 15»
3
On Ditty Bags & Other Cherished Memories
He'd take a small piece of three strand, unlay it nonchalantly with a calloused hand, chop it cleanly (chopping was cleaner than cutting with the blade) to length, ... «All At Sea, Dec 14»
4
Suveræn spurtkonge tager hul på ny sejrsstime
Det skete, da det belgiske Lotto-Belisol mandskabs 31-årige spurtkanon susede først over stregen på den 148,5 km lange 4. etape i Tour Down Under fra Unlay ... «Politiken.dk, Jan 14»
5
Ateneo XI whips Xavier, bags St. Ignatius Cup
The members of the champion squad are Joaquin Collo (MVP), Migo Azupardo, Rafael Garcia V, Pio Unlay, Enrique Pastor, Kewell Doque, Jose Tibig, Simon ... «Philippine Star, Sep 13»
6
The Great Divide: The midterm election of 2013 (Part 2)
... Smile Indias, Cherie Tan, Joseph Casimiro, Angelica Misa, Ysa Lluisma, Maria Isabelle Itchon, Narilyn Joy Marquez, Karmela Mica Olaño, Nina Andrea Unlay. «Inquirer.net, May 13»
7
The Plough cultivates Bermuda
Or will you help to 'unlay' that heritage groundwork, so that a writer in the next 400 years will have to pen a epitaph for our beloved Bermuda: 'And they threw it ... «Royal Gazette, Jul 12»
8
7 Ways To Dominate Negotiations
Remember, you can always increase your offer, but decreasing it is like trying to unlay an egg. Which negotiation method works best for you? The 7 Laws of ... «The Consumerist, Mar 10»
9
What to Do If You Get Laid Off
They're not suddenly going to press the rewind button and totally unlay you off. It's just going to make you look petulant, and it's going to leave a bad taste in ... «TIME, Feb 09»

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