What is another word for lay?

"lay" is an archaic term meaning "to lie down." It is sometimes used to indicate a sleeping position, as in "I'll lay down for a bit." It can also be used to mean "to recline" or "to lounge.

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- Noun, singular or mass
  layman, layperson.
Independent
- Adjective
  anecdotal, nonprofessional, unprofessional, non-denominational, non-scientific, non-occupational.
- Proper noun, singular
  lei, places, sets, puts.
- Verb, past tense
  anticipated, assumed, attached, attributable, awaited, based, beat, bore, building, built, capable, cast, celebrated, clarified, clarify, clarifying, come, complete, concerned, conducive, configured, consideration, considered, constituted, contained, cook, correspond, covered, craft, create, define, defined, determined, determining, develop, developed, developing, discarded, drew, dropped, due, dumped, duty, elaborated, engaged, enlarged, ensure, envisage, es, establish, established, examination, exhibit, expanded, expected, extended, faced, favour, fell, felt, fix, flushed, focused, focusing, focussed, formed, foster, found, gate, governed, grade, greater, handled, held, impacted, implement, imposed, kept, landed, left, made, main, mainly, maintained, matched, moved, needed, noted, observed, open, opened, owned, paved, pertain, placed, played, pointed, posed, preparation, prepared, profile, public, pull, pursue, raised, ranked, related, represented, required, reserve, reside, resident, responsibility, rest, rested, review, revolved, settled, shed, shouldered, sit, situation, specified, spent, stemmed, stipulate, stopped, struck, stuck, table, thought, touched, turn, uphold, valued, wanted, Accounted, Amounted, Appeared, Arose, Asked, Attacked, Attributed, Was, Became, Belonged, Brought, Broadened, Came, Cared, Carried, Ceased, Dan, Delivered, Demanded, Depended, Deposited, Did, Drafted, Emerged, Encountered, Establishing, Existed, Fought, Filed, Flaunted, Followed, Gave, Went, Got, Grew, Had, Happened, Hinged, Incurred, Insisted, Launched, Les, Lived, Lobbed, Looked, Meant, Occurred, Offered, Operated, Oviposited, Passed, Pelted, Pertained, Ran, Ranged, Relied, Remained, Responded, Resulted, Returned, Seemed, Slept, Took, Threw, Tossed, Upheld, Waited, Wore, Weighed, Were, Widened, Wished, Porte, Consisted, Convened, Corresponded, Created, Preparing, Pried, Provided, Stayed, Stipulated, Stood, Submitted, Supplied, Bets, tabled, tables, members, reproduced, hosted, profiles, doubted, AM, GONNA, others, kicked, deposit, laid, Non-resident, occured, 'd, "s, 'il.
- Verb, past participle
  educated, faced, painted, planted, posed, raised, Answered, Arisen, Asked, Encountered, Tackled, laid.
- Verb, non-3rd person singular present
  enclose, push, rest, sleep, snap, turn, Hey, YO, IEAVE.
- Verb, base form
  abandon, abolish, abort, accommodate, accomplish, achieve, acquire, activate, adjourn, adjust, administer, adopt, advance, advise, affirm, affix, afford, aim, align, allocate, allow, anchor, angel, announce, answer, anticipate, appeal, apply, appoint, apportion, apprehend, approve, arch, argue, arrange, arrest, arrive, articulate, ascertain, ascribe, aspire, assemble, assert, assess, assign, assist, assure, attribute, award, bang, be, beat, begin, behave, bind, blast, bolster, bomb, bookmark, boost, bottom, breathe, bridge, brush, burn, bury, buy, calculate, call, cancel, capitalize, capture, cast, cause, cease, celebrate, cement, change, characterize, charge, chart, check, chuck, cite, clamp, clarify, close, come, commence, commend, commit, communicate, compile, complain, complete, comply, compose, compound, conceive, conclude, conduct, confer, configure, confirm, connect, consider, consist, consolidate, construct, contain, contend, continue, contribute, convey, cook, craft, create, cry, curb, cut, decide, defeat, define, defined, defining, definition, delineate, demonstrate, depart, depend, deployment, derail, derive, designate, destroy, detain, develop, developing, development, devote, dial, dictate, disallow, discard, discharge, disclose, discontinue, discuss, dismantle, dismiss, dispense, display, dispose, disregard, distinguish, ditch, dominate, don, donate, drag, drain, dress, drive, drown, dump, dunk, earmark, ease, educate, elevate, eliminate, elongate, embark, embrace, emit, emphasise, emphasize, employ, enable, enact, enclose, encourage, endeavour, endorse, endow, engage, engender, enhance, ensure, entrench, entrust, envisage, equip, eradicate, erect, establish, establishment, estimate, europe, evaluate, examine, execute, exert, exhibit, exist, explain, exploit, explore, expose, expound, express, extradite, facilitate, fall, feed, feel, fight, file, fill, finalize, fix, flow, flush, follow, forecast, foresee, forge, forget, forgive, format, formulate, formulation, forward, foster, furnish, generate, grab, grant, groom, guarantee, ha, halt, handle, handover, harmonize, harness, head, heap, help, highlight, hop, hover, hurt, imagine, impair, implant, implement, improve, impute, incorporate, induce, inflict, inform, initiate, insist, inspire, instil, instill, institute, instruct, interpret, intervene, introduce, invest, investigate, invite, issue, jump, justify, lag, land, last, launch, leap, lend, levy, lift, like, live, load, lock, loosen, lose, make, manage, mark, meg, mention, mine, mix, mobilize, mount, nominate, notify, offer, open, opening, oppose, opt, organise, organize, outline, pack, pave, pay, pin, pit, pitch, plan, plant, plunge, point, poke, pop, portray, position, possess, post, pour, predict, prefer, prep, preparation, prescribe, present, press, prioritize, produce, profile, promote, prompt, promulgate, propel, propose, prosecute, provoke, pull, punish, purchase, pursue, push, quantify, railroad, ready, realize, really, reap, rebuild, receive, reconcile, record, reduce, refine, reflect, register, regulate, reinforce, reject, relinquish, rely, remain, remove, render, renounce, replace, reposition, require, reside, resolve, resort, rest, restart, restore, restructure, reveal, ride, rinse, root, route, run, satisfy, schedule, scupper, secure, seize, sell, send, shape, shed, shine, shoot, shove, show, showcase, shut, shy, simple, sink, sit, skip, slap, slaughter, sleep, smooth, sneak, solidify, solve, sow, spawn, speak, stand, status, steer, stem, stimulate, stipulate, stop, stow, strengthen, stress, strive, structure, subject, submit, substantiate, substitute, subtract, succeed, sue, suggest, supply, surrender, survey, suspend, sustain, swap, table, talk, tan, teach, tear, tend, tender, terminate, testify, tip, toss, track, train, transfer, transform, translate, transplant, trigger, try, tuck, turn, underlie, underline, undermine, underscore, unlock, update, upgrade, use, utilize, verify, visit, waive, wash, win, wind, wreck, write, Applying, Establishing, Forgetting, Nope, Oviposit, Slept, Claire, Ange, stipulates, deposit, screw, re-establish, kill, lookin, operationalize, 've, askyou.

Homophones for Lay:

lahu, loyola, loll, lieu, le, lh, leeway, lowly, laye, li, leo, lao, low, Leo Iii, leu, lu, layia, liao, lolo, lillie, lull, loewe, lwei, loyal, la, luyia, lolly, lauhala, lily, law, lulu, ley, Leo I, lei, lii, lah, lully, lie low, loewi, lee, lowell, loyally, L, lulli, leyh, lye, loo, lally, lilo, lea, laelia, lyly, lie, LAIT, leal, luo, lay away, liii, lille.

Hypernym for Lay:

v.
- contact
  cram, put in, stand, glycerolize, plant, parallelize, perch, step, prepose, imbricate, introduce, lay over, shelve, stratify, ladle, cock, trench, butt, marshal, ground, glycerolise, replace, tee up, underlay, inter, rebury, bottle, situate, set down, clap, lean, throw, sit, bury, recline, instal, pillow, bed, set up, fix, coffin, reposition, dispose, settle, spawn, arrange, inhume, lay, position, ensconce, recess, put back, snuggle, poise, blow, barrel, put down, rack up, superpose, pile, sow, seed, enclose, stand up, nestle, load, repose, misplace, postpose, intersperse, entomb, docket, inclose, stick in, place upright, park, install, middle, rail, superimpose, appose, set, insert, rest, sign, deposit, sit down, ship, seat, posit, thrust, tee, lay to rest, siphon, settle down, place down, bucket, space, pigeonhole, juxtapose, Emplace, upend, jar.

Hyponym for Lay:

v.
- contact
  move, put, lay, place, position, displace, set, pose, put down, repose.
- creation
  machinate, prepare, organise, get up, devise, organize.
- possession
  levy, impose.

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