What is another word for laying?
Pronunciation:
[ lˈe͡ɪɪŋ], [ lˈeɪɪŋ], [ l_ˈeɪ_ɪ_ŋ]
Related words: laying a tile floor, tiles, laying tiles, laying a new tile floor, laying floor tile design, laying tile floor installation, laying ceramic tiles
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Synonyms for Laying:
n.
• egg laying (noun) • Other relevant words: (noun)v.
• locating (verb) • situating (verb)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- excommunication,
- condition,
- office,
- clutch,
- place,
- bring down,
- get on,
- ordination,
- put away,
- imposition of hands,
- order,
- pull on,
- Churchdom,
- oyster park,
- put in,
- lay,
- spot,
- grade,
- pose,
- repose,
- displace,
- rank,
- Oviposition,
- rest,
- station,
- posture,
- set,
- impose,
- put,
- plant,
- opinion,
- domicile,
- frame,
- laid,
- grip,
- placement,
- attitude,
- devise,
- clasp,
- confirmation,
- lay down,
- put on,
- post,
- attach to,
- position.
How to use "Laying" in context?
The word "laying" derives from the Old French word "lailler," meaning "to lower." This verb has two basic meanings: (1) to lower (something), typically by a weight or by a lever, and (2) to produce by depositing (something) in an area. The Oxford English Dictionary cites an example from 14th century British history of a bailey that was "laid" with new earth.
The verb "to lay" derives from the Anglo-Norman word "leroyer," which means "to hire, assign, or distribute work.
Paraphrases for Laying:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
lays.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Overlaying.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
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Independent
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Proper noun, singular
Establishing, sheds.
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Noun, singular or mass
transplant.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
acting, affecting, agreeing, airing, applicant, apportioning, arranging, assembling, asserting, assigning, assuming, attacking, awarding, beat, beating, becoming, being, bidding, booking, boring, bring, bringing, broadcasting, burying, calculating, calling, casting, causing, challenging, clarifying, clearing, closing, coming, compiling, completing, conducting, confirming, cooking, covering, cracking, dealing, deciding, defining, deriving, detailing, determining, developing, devising, directing, disclosing, disseminating, drafting, dragging, drawing, drilling, driving, dropping, ducking, emphasizing, enabling, encompassing, ending, engaging, entering, equipping, executing, exercising, expanding, facing, feeling, fighting, filling, finding, fixing, focusing, focussing, forecasting, forging, form, founding, framing, getting, giving, governing, granted, growing, hanging, hauling, helping, highlighting, hitting, holding, hurling, identifying, implementation, imposing, increasing, installing, instilling, investigating, investing, issuing, keeping, landing, launching, leaving, lending, letting, leveling, listing, locating, locking, looking, lying, marking, me, meaning, mixing, moving, naming, offering, ordering, passing, paving, paying, pelting, performing, pinning, place, planting, playing, posing, pouring, proceeding, projecting, provoking, pulling, pushing, questioning, raising, rearing, reducing, refining, reflecting, regarding, regulating, regulation, rendering, replacing, resulting, revealing, riding, rolling, ruling, running, saying, seeking, serving, settling, shaping, shedding, shifting, showing, shutting, sinking, sitting, sleeping, sliding, slipping, spending, spreading, starting, stopping, striking, supplying, surfacing, surrounding, tackling, taking, talking, tapping, taxing, tending, termination, throw, tossing, touching, transmitting, transplanting, turning, upbringing, wanting, wearing, yielding, Accumulating, Achieving, Adding, Addressing, Adjourning, Adjusting, Adopting, Affirming, Aiming, Alleging, Allowing, Ambushing, Amending, Anchoring, Announcing, Anticipating, Applying, Appointing, Arising, Articulating, Ascertaining, Assessing, Attaining, Authorizing, Basing, Bridging, Celebrating, Characterizing, Charging, Citing, Declaring, Delineating, Delivering, Denouncing, Depending, Deploying, Describing, Designating, Devoting, Discarding, Discussing, Displaying, Disposing, Distributing, Doing, Drooling, Effecting, Elaborating, Embarking, Embodying, Enacting, Enforcing, Enlarging, Entailing, Envisaging, Establishing, Evidencing, Examining, Exhibiting, Expecting, Explaining, Extending, Flipping, Flushing, Forcing, Forming, Generating, Granting, Having, Implanting, Including, Incorporating, Indicating, Influencing, Initiating, Inserting, Inspecting, Instituting, Intending, Introducing, Involving, L, Les, Levelling, Lifting, Linking, Originating, Outlining, Permitting, Pertaining, Plunging, Realizing, Registering, Removing, Requesting, Requiring, Respecting, Resting, Restoring, Securing, Tendering, Testifying, Throwing, Transforming, Translating, Treating, Utilizing, Waging, curbing, profiling, Comprising, Concentrating, Conferring, Considering, Consigning, Consisting, Consolidating, Constituting, Constructing, Creating, Cultivating, Predicting, Prescribing, Presenting, Producing, Promoting, Promulgating, Proposing, Providing, Proving, Smoothing, Spawning, Spanning, Specifying, Stacking, Stating, Stipulating, Superimposing, Submitting, Surrendering, Whistleblowing, junking, benefiting, touches, underlining, evaluating, documenting, places, sets, demonstrating, regards, ensuring, implementing, representing, foreseeing, creates, mandating, defines, featuring, entrenching, peacemaking, institutionalizing, showcasing, crafting, metering, authoring, emphasising, re-establishing, setting-up, specfying, eestablishing, verordening.
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Proper noun, singular
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
implantation, planting, Throwing.
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Noun, singular or mass
Homophones for Laying:
- leniency, lemnos, long, launce, lion monkey, linac, linage, lenience, linux, lionise, lummox, lanchow, lense, Lynx, lanseh, lounge, lanchou, launch, Lyonnaise Sauce, lonas, leeuwenhoek, leymus, lioness, lens, limosa, luminous, line coach, linkage, lunch, link, limnos, lingo, loyang, lemon cheese, loaning, Lowliness, leanness, lank, lamaze, Lamna Nasus, links, Lamiaceae, longways, leuwenhoek, lyonnais, lung, lingua, lyons, lance, linz, lynch, lowness, lime juice, lanugo, ling, liomys, lanky, lemmus, lennoaceae, lyonnaise, lulling, lunacy, low-lying, lanius, linguica, linnaeus, lemon juice, luminance, lammas, lungi, longwise, lemnaceae, long-ago, luoyang, lunge, longish, lemming, luminesce, lansa, lilongwe, lying, low mass, limning, lining, leaning, lallans, longyi, limax, long ago, lange, lemniscus, Lillian Gish, lameness, loins, language, linaceae, lungyi, lanzhou, Ling Ko, lionize, languish, lineage.
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