Lay by
Synonyms for lay by
verb set aside, store
accumulate
amass
build up
bury
conserve
garner
hide
hoard
keep
preserve
put away
salt away
save
spare
treasure
cumulate
lay in
roll up
store up
Antonyms for lay by
squander
use
waste
Synonyms
verb keep in
deposit
keep
salt away
save
squirrel away
stockpile
store
lay aside
lay away
lay in
put by
put out of the way
reserve cache
set aside
store away
stow away
Antonyms
spend
use up
waste
Synonyms
verb stop doing
cease
desist
end
halt
leave off
let up
quit
rest
spell
give a rest
give up
leave alone
lie by
Antonyms
hire
begin
start
employ
Synonyms
verb be calm; sleep
breathe
relax
lean
unwind
spell
slack
slacken
nod
slumber
recline
loaf
repose
loll
lounge
doze
nap
snooze
dream
idle
laze
let down
let up
sit down
lie down
stretch out
drowse
unbend
unlax
be at ease
be comfortable
compose oneself
ease off
ease up
lie by
lie still
put feet up
refresh oneself
slack off
take a break
take a nap
take five
take it easy
take life easy
take ten
take time out
wind down
Antonyms
energize
activate
carry out
walk
do
move
stand
be active
Synonyms
verb give rest, relief
breathe
release
relieve
allow
free
lay off
lie by
stand in for
take over
take the place of
Antonyms
burden
use
hold
keep
abuse
run ragged
Usage Notes
Lay1 and lie2 are often confused. Lay is most commonly a transitive verb and takes an object. Its forms are regular. If “place” or “put” can be substituted in a sentence, a form of lay is called for: Lay the folders on the desk. The mason is laying brick. She laid the baby in the crib. Lay also has many intransitive senses, among them “to lay eggs” (The hens have stopped laying), and it forms many phrasal verbs, such as lay off “to dismiss (from employment)” or “to stop annoying or teasing” and lay over “to make a stop.” Lie, with the overall senses “to be in a horizontal position, recline” and “to rest, remain, be situated, etc.,” is intransitive and takes no object. Its forms are irregular; its past tense form is identical with the present tense or infinitive form of lay: Lie down, children. Abandoned cars were lying along the road. The dog lay in the shade and watched the kittens play. The folders have lain on the desk since yesterday. In all but the most careful, formal speech, forms of lay are commonly heard in senses normally associated with lie. In edited written English such uses of lay are rare and are usually considered nonstandard: Lay down, children. The dog laid in the shade. Abandoned cars were laying along the road. The folders have laid on the desk since yesterday.
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