Lay out
Synonyms for lay out
verb spend money
disburse
expend
give
invest
lend
outlay
pay
put out
put up
shell out
Antonyms for lay out
hoard
save
neglect
Synonyms
verb design, plan
chart
outline
arrange
diagram
display
exhibit
map
set out
spread out
Antonyms
hoard
save
neglect
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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- Lay people
Synonyms for lay people noun amateur dilettante outsider proselyte secular novice recruit believer member follower neophyte laic nonprofessional parishioner lay person Antonyms for lay people professional Usage Notes See -person.
- Lay person
Synonyms for lay person noun amateur dilettante outsider proselyte secular novice recruit believer member follower neophyte laic nonprofessional parishioner Antonyms for lay person professional Usage Notes See -person.
- Lay persons
Synonyms for lay persons noun amateur dilettante outsider proselyte secular novice recruit believer member follower neophyte laic nonprofessional parishioner lay person Antonyms for lay persons professional Usage Notes See -person.
- Lay prone
Synonyms for lay prone verb fall to the ground lie prone pile out roll out show a leg