v
(transitive, archaic) To stem completely; stem all about; hinder.
v
(transitive, figuratively, humorous) To outlive.
v
(transitive, obsolete) To lay down; to place
v
(transitive) To put on (a garment)
v
(obsolete) Alternative form of endue (“to endow”) [(obsolete) To pass food into the stomach; to digest; also figuratively, to take on, absorb.]
n
(obsolete or historical) An ambush; plot; an interception; waylaying; rescue.
v
(transitive) To lie in wait for; ambush.
v
(intransitive) To hide somewhere.
v
(transitive) To stash or lay away for later use
v
Archaic spelling of laid.
n
(obsolete) An administrative division of the county of Kent, in England, from the Anglo-Saxon period until it fell entirely out of use in the early twentieth century.
v
(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
v
(figuratively) To make a start.
v
(law) To allege a place.
v
To set about, with infinitive or gerund.
v
To put away for future use; save; to build up as savings.
v
To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
v
(slang, transitive) To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them.
v
(transitive) To put (something) aside for future use.
v
(transitive) To topple or overcome; to cause to fall; (of a person) to knock out.
v
(idiomatic, transitive) To state strongly, clearly, and accurately.
v
(intransitive, US, colloquial) To lie in the sunshine.
v
(idiomatic, intransitive) To make an intermediary stop somewhere.
v
To try or to expend effort to achieve (something).
v
(transitive) To take out of active service.
v
Alternative form of lay in lavender [To store (clothing, etc.) with sprigs of lavender.]
n
Alternative form of laydown [(usually uncountable) The act of laying something down.]
v
Obsolete spelling of laid
n
(usually uncountable) The act of laying something down.
v
Obsolete spelling of lay [(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.]
v
Followed by against, on, or upon: to rest or rely, for support, comfort, etc.
v
(law) To erect, build, or set up; to make or construct; to raise or cast up.
v
(obsolete) To importune; to urge; to solicit.
v
(transitive, UK dialectal, obsolete) To lay.
v
(transitive, literary) To lay or place something on a surface.
v
(transitive, colloquial) To lay down, as on a plank or table; to stake or pay cash.
v
(obsolete) To lay down; to give up; to surrender.
v
(intransitive) To enter or stay in quarantine, particularly to self-quarantine to avoid an epidemic disease.
v
(transitive) To restrain; to control; to check.
v
(idiomatic) To stop or slow something, by exercising control.
n
(obsolete) Active power or movement; spring.
v
(transitive) To place on a shelf.
v
(transitive, often figuratively) To reinforce or strengthen (something at risk of failure).
v
(intransitive) To work very hard.
v
(informal, transitive) To stash or hide; to hoard, collect, save, or accumulate; to create a reserve, stash, or hoard of some supply.
v
(transitive) To prop; to make stanch, or strong.
v
(idiomatic) To bring under control.
n
(informal) stretch limousine
v
(transitive, rare) To bury beneath; bury under.
v
(transitive) To lie under or beneath.
v
(transitive) To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
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