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lay |
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lay verb | adjective
1 verb 1.•Curtis laid the newspaper on the table:put, place, set, put down, set down, deposit, rest, situate, locate, position | informal stick, dump, park, plunk. 2.•the act laid the foundation for the new system:set in place, put in place, set out | set up, establish. 3.•I'll lay money that Michelle will be there:bet, wager, gamble, stake, risk, hazard, venture | (lay money) give odds, speculate. 4.•they are going to lay charges:bring, press, bring forward, lodge, register, place, file. 5.•she laid the blame on Maxwell:assign to, attribute to, ascribe to, allot to, attach to | (lay the blame on) hold someone accountable, hold someone responsible, find guilty. 6.•we laid out plans for the next voyage:devise, arrange, make, make ready, prepare, work out, hatch, design, plan, scheme, plot, conceive, put together, draw up, produce, develop, concoct, formulate, cook up. 7.•this will lay responsibility on the court:impose, apply, entrust, vest, place, put | inflict, encumber, saddle, charge, burden. 8.•we laid the trap and waited:set, prepare, devise, bait. PHRASES
lay something aside 1.•farmers laying aside areas for conservation:put aside, put to one side, keep, save. 2.•developers must lay aside their conservatism:abandon, cast aside, set aside, reject, renounce, repudiate, disregard, forget, discard | literary forsake.
lay something bare •his private life has been laid bare:reveal, disclose, divulge, show, expose, exhibit, uncover, unveil, unmask, make known, make public.
lay something down 1.•he laid down his glass:put down, set down, place down, deposit, rest | informal plunk down. 2.•they were forced to lay down their weapons:relinquish, surrender, give up, yield, cede. 3.•the ground rules have been laid down:formulate, stipulate, set down, draw up, frame | prescribe, ordain, dictate, decree | enact, pass, decide, determine, impose, codify.
lay down the law •too many parents have relinquished their right to lay down the law:be dogmatic, be in charge (of the rules), set the rules, be domineering, be the boss, call the shots.
lay eyes on informal •something clicked the first time they laid eyes on each other:see, spot, observe, regard, view, catch sight of, set eyes on | literary behold, espy, descry.
lay hands on •wait till I lay my hands on you! catch, lay/get hold of, get one's hands on, seize, grab, grasp, capture.
lay into informal 1.•the general's henchmen were encouraged to publicly lay into dissenters. See assault (sense 1 of the verb). 2.•he laid into her with a string of insults. See criticize.
lay it on thick informal •oh, brother, can he lay it on thick when he wants to impress a girl:exaggerate, overdo it, embellish the truth | flatter, praise, soft-soap, pile it on, sweet-talk.
lay off informal 1.•I have to lay off beer:give up, abstain from, desist from, cut out. 2.•I lay off work at 5:quit, pack in, leave off, stop. 3.•lay off, you big jerk! back off, give it a rest, enough already, shut up, stop it. 4.•three more couriers were laid off today:dismiss, let go, discharge, give notice to, release | informal sack, fire, ax, give someone their marching orders, pink-slip, give someone the boot, give someone the (old) heave-ho.
lay out 1.•Robyn laid the plans out on the desk:spread out, set out, display, exhibit. 2.•a paper laying out our priorities:outline, sketch out, rough out, detail, draw up, formulate, work out, frame, draft. 3.informal •he had to lay out $70. See pay (sense 2 of the verb).
lay waste to •any further testing at this site will lay waste to an irreplaceable ecosystem:devastate, wipe out, destroy, demolish, annihilate, raze, ruin, wreck, level, flatten, ravage, pillage, sack, despoil. USAGE The verb lay means, broadly, 'put something down': •they are going to lay the carpet. The past tense and the past participle of lay is laid:•they laid the groundwork ; •she had laid careful plans. The verb lie, on the other hand, means 'assume a horizontal or resting position': •why don't you lie on the floor? In practice, many speakers inadvertently get the lay forms and the lie forms into a tangle of right and wrong usage. Here are some examples of typical incorrect usage: •have you been laying on the sofa all day? (should be lying); •he lay the books on the table (should be laid); •I had laid in this position so long, my arm was stiff (should be lain).Usage notes show additional guidance on finer points of English usage.
2 adjective 1.•a lay preacher:nonclerical, nonordained, secular, temporal. 2.•a lay audience:nonprofessional, amateur, nonspecialist, nontechnical, untrained, unqualified. |
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