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101lay — , lie Lay and lie, in all their manifestations, are a constant source of errors. There are no simple rules for dealing with them. You must either commit their various forms to memory or avoid them altogether. The forms are as follows: lay lie… …
102lay in — phrasal verb lay in or lay up [transitive] Word forms lay in : present tense I/you/we/they lay in he/she/it lays in present participle laying in past tense laid in past participle laid in old fashioned to get and keep a supply of something such… …
103lay-by — /ˈleɪ baɪ / (say lay buy) noun 1. the reservation of an article by payment of a cash deposit. 2. an item so reserved or so purchased. 3. British a part of a road or railway where vehicles may draw up out of the stream of traffic. –verb (t) (lay… …
104lay — 1. tv. to copulate [with] someone. (Crude. Usually objectionable.) □ She laid him on the spot. □ He said he was going to lay her. I thought he was just talking tough. 2. n. a sexual act. (Crude. Usually objectionable.) □ I could use a good lay… …
105lay — English has three words lay. The common verb, ‘cause to lie’ [OE], goes back to the prehistoric Germanic base *lag ‘put’, a variant of which produced lie. From it was derived *lagjan, whose modern descendants are German legen, Dutch leggen,… …
106lay on — Synonyms and related words: administer, apply, apply to, attack, baste, bastinado, beat, bedaub, belabor, belt, besmear, bestow, birch, blanket, block, buffet, burden with, butter, cane, canopy, charge, cloak, clothe, cloud, club, coat, cope,… …
107lay — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. secular, noncleric, nonprofessional. v. t. put, place, deposit; allay, suppress; wager, bet; impose; impute, ascribe; present. n. ballad, song (see music). See location, relief, attribution,… …
108lay by — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. hoard, put aside, build up savings; see save 3 , store 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) verb To reserve for the future: keep, lay aside, lay away, lay in, lay up, put by, salt away, save (up), set by. See KEEP, SAVE …
109lay to — phrasal verb [intransitive/transitive] Word forms lay to : present tense I/you/we/they lay to he/she/it lays to present participle laying to past tense laid to past participle laid to lay something to if you lay a ship to, or if it lays to, it… …
110lay on — {v.} 1. To spread on or over a surface; apply. * /He told us that we should lay on a second coat of paint for better protection against the weather./ 2. To beat; to strike. * /Little John seized a staff and began to lay on with great energy./ 3.… …
