English > lay: 9 senses > verb 1, contact| Meaning | Put into a certain place or abstract location. |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP |
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| Model | They lay the bags on the table |
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| Synonyms | put, set, place, pose, position |
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| Narrower | appose | place side by side or in close proximity |
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| arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
| barrel | put in barrels / barrels |
| bed | put to bed |
| bottle | put into bottles |
| bucket | put into a bucket |
| butt | place end to end without overlapping |
| clap | put quickly or forcibly |
| cock | Set the trigger of a firearm back for firing |
| coffin | place into a coffin |
| cram | put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled |
| dispose | Place or put in a particular order |
| docket | place on the docket for legal action |
| emplace | put into place or position |
| emplace | Provide a new emplacement for guns |
| ensconce, settle | Fix firmly |
| glycerolize, glycerolise | place in glycerol |
| ground | place or put on the ground |
| imbricate | place so as to overlap |
| insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce | introduce |
| install, instal, put in, set up | Set up for use |
| intersperse | place at intervals in or among |
| jar | place in a cylindrical vessel |
| juxtapose | place side by side |
| ladle | put (a liquid / liquid) into a container by means of a ladle |
| lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position |
| lean | Cause to lean or incline |
| load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance |
| marshal | place in proper rank |
| middle | put in the middle / middle |
| misplace | place or position wrongly |
| nestle, snuggle | Position comfortably |
| parallelize | place parallel to one another |
| park | place temporarily |
| perch | Cause to perch or sit |
| pigeonhole | place into a small compartment |
| pile | place or lay as if in a pile |
| pillow, rest | rest on or as if on a pillow |
| plant, set | put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground |
| plant | place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe / observe or deceive |
| poise | Cause to be balanced or suspended |
| position | Cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation |
| postpose | place after another constituent in the sentence |
| prepose | place before another constituent in the sentence |
| rack up | place in a rack / rack |
| recess | put into a recess |
| recline | Cause to recline |
| replace, put back | put something back where it belongs |
| repose | To put something (eg trust) in something |
| reposition | place into another position |
| rest | put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying |
| seat, sit, sit down | show to a seat / seat / seat |
| seat | Place or attach firmly in or on a base |
| seat | Place in or on a seat |
| set | put into a position that will restore a normal state |
| set down | put or settle into a position |
| set down, put down, place down | Cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place |
| settle, settle down | Settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground |
| shelve | place on a shelf |
| ship | place on board a ship |
| sign | place signs, as along a road |
| siphon | Move a liquid / liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action |
| situate, fix, posit, deposit | put (something somewhere) firmly |
| sow, seed | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth |
| space | place at intervals |
| stand, stand up, place upright | put into an upright position |
| step | place (a ship's mast) in its step |
| stratify | form, arrange, or deposit in layers |
| superimpose, superpose, lay over | place on top of |
| superpose | place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide |
| tee, tee up | place on a tee |
| throw, thrust | place or put with great energy |
| throw | To put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly |
| trench | Set, plant, or bury in a trench |
| underlay | put (something) under or beneath |
| upend | set, turn, or stand on end |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
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| See also | lay out | lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line |
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| Spanish | colocar, dejar, depositar, poner, posar, posicionar, situar, ubicar |
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| Catalan | depositar, posar, posicionar, situar, ubicar |
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