Lay
91lay on — [verb] provide, cater (for), furnish, give, purvey, supply * * * lay on [phrasal verb] 1 lay (something) on or lay on (something) 1 a …
92lay to — transitive verb Etymology: Middle English leyen to, from leyen to lay + to : to bring (a ship) into the wind and hold stationary except for drifting intransitive verb 1. : to lie to 2. : to apply or exert oneself …
93lay by — Synonyms and related words: abandon, adjourn, aestivate, arrange for, assign, cede, conserve, continue, decree, defer, define, delay, drag out, extend, forearm, give up, hand over, hang fire, hang up, have nothing on, head to wind, hibernate,… …
94lay — I. Lay, [l]aye. adj. Laïque. Un Conseiller lay. traduire un Ecclesiastique en Cour laye. Patron lay. On appelle, Un Frere lay, un Moine lay, Les freres servants qui ne sont point destinez aux Ordres sacrez: & de mesme on appelle, Soeurs layes,… …
95lay — 1) n a. a person viewed or evaluated as a sexual partner b. an act of sexual intercourse ► He s not interested in her, he s just look ing for a lay. These uses of the word spread to British English from the USA with the verb form during the 1950s …
96lay on — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms lay on : present tense I/you/we/they lay on he/she/it lays on present participle laying on past tense laid on past participle laid on 1) British to provide something such as food, entertainment, or a service,… …
97lay — 1. verb /leɪ/ a) To place something down in a position of rest. Now I lay me down to sleep, / I pray the Lord my Soul to keep. / If I should die before I ’wake, / I pray the Lord my Soul to take. b) To cause to subside or abate. The cloudes, as… …
98lay in — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. collect, gather, amass; see accumulate 1 , store 2 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To reserve for the future: keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay up, put by, salt away, save (up), set by. See KEEP, SAVE. 2. To… …
99lay up — I (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To save] Syn. conserve, preserve, hoard; see save 3 , store 2 . 2. [*To disable] Syn. injure, harm, beat up; see hurt 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb 1. To reserve for the future: keep, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay… …
100lay — 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,… …
