lay+aside

  • 31lay 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 …

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  • 32lay — I [[t]le͟ɪ[/t]] VERB AND NOUN USES ♦♦ lays, laying, laid (In standard English, the form lay is also the past tense of the verb in some meanings. In informal English, people sometimes use the word lay instead of …

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  • 33lay — I UK [leɪ] / US verb Word forms lay : present tense I/you/we/they lay he/she/it lays present participle laying past tense laid UK [leɪd] / US past participle laid *** Collocations: Lay means to put something in a particular place or position: I… …

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  • 34lay — I [[t]leɪ[/t]] v. laid, lay•ing, n. 1) to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk[/ex] 2) to knock or beat down, as from an erect position; strike or throw to the ground: One punch laid him… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 35lay — 1. v. & n. v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the proper or specified place. 2 tr. put or bring into a certain or the required position or state (laid his hand on her arm; lay a carpet). 3 intr. dial.… …

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  • 36lay in — verb keep or lay aside for future use store grain for the winter The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn t eat • Syn: ↑store, ↑hive away, ↑put in, ↑salt away, ↑stack away, ↑stash away …

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  • 37lay —   Waiho, moe, ho omoe;    ♦ lay aside, kāpae, ho oili;    ♦ lay before, hau, uhau, hahau;    ♦ lay away, ho āhu;    ♦ lay waste, luku, also: ānai, kohikū, kokōhikū, ho oneo, ho oneoneo;    ♦ lay out, kuene; ho olālā (as land areas); kīpapa (as… …

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  • 38lay in — Synonyms and related words: approach anchorage, bank, bear down on, bear down upon, bear up for, bear up to, bundle away, cache, close with, coffer, deposit, fetch, file, go aboard, go alongside, hutch, lay aboard, lay aside, lay away, lay by,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 39lay — I. , adj. == pertaining to the laity, ‘lay fee.’ RG. 470 II. , v. a. pret. ‘leyde.’ RG. 393 == lay aside. Body and Soul, 166 == lay on, attack. Alys. 5832 == allay. Ps. lxxxiv. 4 III. , sb. == song. Alys. 5211. Fr. lai. AS. leoð IV. , sb. ==… …

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  • 40lay by — transitive verb Date: 15th century 1. to lay aside ; discard 2. to store for future use ; save 3. to cultivate (as corn) for the last time …

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