lay
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(verb) put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
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Synonyms: put down, repose |
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Related Words: blow, bury, entomb, inter, lay, lay, lay to rest, place, pose, position, put, set |
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(verb) lay eggs; of female animals; "This hen doesn't lay" |
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Related Words: lay, put down, repose, spawn |
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(verb) prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan" |
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Related Words: devise, get up, organize, prepare |
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(verb) impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a reponsibility on someone" |
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Related Words: impose, levy |
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(satellite adjective) not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease" |
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(satellite adjective) concerning those not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"; "the choir sings both sacred and secular music" |
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Synonyms: laic, secular |
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(noun) a narrative poem of popular origin |
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Synonyms: ballad |
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Related Words: poem, verse form |
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(noun) a narrative song with a recurrent refrain |
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Synonyms: ballad |
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Related Words: minstrelsy, song |
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(verb) put into a certain place: "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the mising children"; also with abstract objects and locations: "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
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Synonyms: place, pose, position, put, set |
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Related Words: appose, arrange, barrel, bed, bottle, bucket, butt, clap, cock, coffin, cram, deposit, displace, docket, ensconce, fix, garner, glycerolize, ground, instal, install, intersperse, jar, juxtapose, lay, lay over, lean, load, lose, marshal, middle, mislay, misplace, move, parallelize, park, perch, pillow, pitch, place down, place upright, plant, poise, pose, posit, position, put back, put down, put forward, put in, rack up, recess, replace, repose, reposition, rest, seat, seed, set, set down, set up, settle, settle down, shelve, sign, sit, sit down, situate, sough, sow, space, stand, stand up, stick, store, stow, superimpose, tee, tee up, throw |
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