The hill lay covered with snow.
Source: tatoeba (19853)
Lay
//leɪ//
Synonyms for "lay" (575 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (115)
balladlaicputabateaccreditaddressadvanceaimairalbaalignallayallegealleviateamateuranesthetizeanteante upanthemappease
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ariaart songaspectassignassuageattemperattitudeattributeaubadeazimuthbackballballadeballatabank the firebarcarolebe intimatebearingbearingsbentbenumbbetbet onbluesblues songbluntboardboat songboombrautliedbridal hymnbrindisiburdenburden withcallcalmcalypsocansocanticlecantocantuscanzonecanzonetcanzonettacarolcastcast loosecast out devilscavatinacelestial navigationchansonchantchanteychargechastenchristmas carolcitecivilclapclap on ratlinesclear hawsecohabitcome togethercommit adulteryconciliatecongregationalconstrain
Verb(22 words)
Noun(6 words)
Strong matches (173)
controlcoolcopulatecouplecoursecovercrawlcreditcrooncroon songcurrentcushioncut loosedabdampdampende emphasizede-emphasizedead reckoningdeaden
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deaden the paindefusedemanddepositdescantdiapasondiddlediminishdirectdirectiondirection linedirgedisbursedispatchdittydownplaydragdressdriftdrinking songdropdubdulcifydulleaseease mattersenjoinenunciateepithalamiumequalizeestablishevenexactexorciseexposureextenuatefadefasten uponfellfindfixflattenfleshlyflushfolk songfomentfornicatefreight withfrigfrontagegamblegamegive reliefgradegreasegrovelhandleharrowhaulhaul downhave sexhave sexual relationshazardheadingheaveheave apeakheave roundheave shorthelmsmanshiphymenealhymnimposeimpose onimpose uponimputeinclinationinclineinflictinflict oninflict uponkedgekeep within boundsknock downkunstliedlaicallay a wagerlay aloftlay downlay flatlay ghostslay levellay lowlay onlay outlay the dustlayerlayman
Verb(47 words)
copulate withcrackdevisedickdiddledig outdightdodoinkdrawdrilleffenjoyexpletive deletedfeaguefillformal termsfrackfrakfrick
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Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Related words (287)
Noun(10 words)
lenifylessenlevellevylielie downlie flatlie limplylie pronelie prostratelie withliebesliedliedlightenliltlineline of directionline of marchline of positionlodge
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loglollloungelove songlove-liltlubricatelullmake a betmake it withmake lovemake outmatematerialmatinmeasuremeet a betmelioratemelodiamelodic linemelodyminstrel songminstrelsymitigatemoderatemodulatemollifymountmownational anthemnavigationnoelnonclericalnonecclesiasticalnonministerialnonordainednonpastoralnonprofessionalnonreligiousnotenumbobtundofferoilorientationpacifypadpalliateparkparlaypasspilotagepilotingplacateplaceplaneplanishplasterplayplay againstplay downplotplungepointpopularposepositpositionposition linepostpoulticepour balm intopour balm onpour oil onpresentprofanepropitiateprothalamiumpuntput downput onput uponquarterradio bearingrangeraseratline downrazereclinereducereduce the temperaturereferrefrainrelievereposerepositrestrestrainrollroll flatrunsaddle withsalvescrewseatsecularsecularistsecularisticseeserenaserenadeserenataserveservicesetset downset tablesettleshadeshavesketchslackenslakesleep withslow downsmoothsmooth downsmooth outsmooth oversmoothensmothersobersober downsoftensolosolo partsongsoothesoprano partspar downspawnsprawlspreadstakestand patstationsteamrollsteamrollersteeragesteeringstickstiflestrainstream the logstupesubduesubjectsubject tosubmitsuppresstake the edge offtametasktaxtempertemporaltendencytenortheme songtone downtorch songtracktraintranquilizetraverse a yardtrebletrendtunetune downturnunderplayunderstandableunlashunprofessionalunsacredunspellversevolksliedwagerwar songwarblewarpwayweakenwedding songweightweight down withworldlyyoke with
Verb(53 words)
Adjective(1 words)
Adjective(5 words)
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More general
21 entriesShowing 16 of 21 words.
Antonyms
3 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
4 entriescauses
1 entriesderived
161 entriesShowing 16 of 161 words.
distinct from
1 entriesform of
1 entrieshas context
8 entriesis a
1 entriesmanner of
3 entriesrelated to
124 entriesShowing 16 of 124 words.
similar
4 entriesTranslations
288 translations across 64 languages.
Arabic
4 entries- بيّض verb (to deposit an egg)
- نعّس verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- وَضَعَ verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- وَضَعَ verb (to deposit an egg)
Bengali
2 entries- পাড়া verb (to deposit an egg)
- রাখা verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Bulgarian
4 entries- непрофесионален adj (non-professional)
- светски adj (non-clergy)
- балада noun (sung poem)
- разположение noun (arrangement or relationship)
Catalan
3 entries- laic adj (non-clergy)
- profà adj (non-professional)
- ajeure verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 下蛋 verb (to deposit an egg)
- 产卵 verb (to deposit an egg)
- 放 verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- 放置 verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Czech
4 entries- amatérský adj (non-professional)
- laický adj (non-clergy)
- laický adj (non-professional)
- klást verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Danish
4 entries- læg adj (non-clergy)
- læg adj (non-clergy)
- læg adj (non-professional)
- læg adj (non-professional)
Dutch
4 entries- amateur adj (non-professional)
- leken adj (non-clergy)
- leken adj (non-professional)
- ondeskundig adj (non-professional)
Esperanto
2 entries- kuŝigi verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- meti verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Faroese
1 entries- leggja verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Finnish
4 entries- maallikko adj (non-clergy)
- maallikko adj (non-professional)
- asettelu noun (arrangement or relationship)
- kierre noun (direction a rope is twisted)
French
4 entries- laïque adj (non-clergy)
- coup noun (casual sexual partner)
- lai noun (poem written in octosyllabic couplets)
- coucher verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Friulian
2 entries- ovâ verb (to deposit an egg)
- pondi verb (to deposit an egg)
Galician
4 entries- deitar verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- poñer verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- poñer verb (to deposit an egg)
- pór verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
German
4 entries- Laien adj (non-clergy)
- Laien adj (non-professional)
- laikal adj (non-clergy)
- ablegen verb (to leave something somewhere)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Higaonon
1 entries- hidaga verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Hungarian
4 entries- laikus adj (non-clergy)
- laikus adj (non-professional)
- fektet verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- tojik verb (to deposit an egg)
Indonesian
1 entries- rebah verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Ingrian
2 entries- munnia verb (to deposit an egg)
- vallaa verb (to deposit an egg)
Irish
4 entries- tuata adj (non-clergy)
- tuata adj (non-professional)
- tuata adj (not being a member of an organized institution)
- laoi noun (sung poem)
Italian
4 entries- laica adj (non-clergy)
- laico adj (non-clergy)
- profana adj (non-professional)
- profano adj (non-professional)
Japanese
3 entries- 生む verb (to deposit an egg)
- 産む verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- 置く verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Korean
2 entries- 누이다 verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- 눕히다 verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Latgalian
2 entries- kluot verb (to install certain building materials)
- likt verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Latvian
3 entries- dēt verb (to deposit an egg)
- klāt verb (to install certain building materials)
- likt verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Limburgish
1 entries- lègke verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Linngithigh
1 entries- kic verb (to deposit an egg)
Lower Sorbian
2 entries- połožowaś verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- połožyś verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Middle English
2 entries- lay adj (non-clergy)
- lewed adj (non-clergy)
Māori
4 entries- panga verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- panga verb (to leave something somewhere)
- whakapapa verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- whakatakoto verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Neapolitan
1 entries- cuccà verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- huusa verb (to deposit an egg)
Norman
2 entries- couochi verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- pondre verb (to deposit an egg)
Norwegian
4 entries- kvede noun (sung poem)
- dekke verb (to prepare groundwork, table etc.)
- legge verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- legge verb (to prepare groundwork, table etc.)
Norwegian Bokmål
4 entries- leg adj (non-clergy)
- leg adj (non-clergy)
- leg adj (non-professional)
- leg adj (non-professional)
Norwegian Nynorsk
4 entries- lek adj (non-clergy)
- lek adj (non-clergy)
- lek adj (non-professional)
- lek adj (non-professional)
Occitan
2 entries- colcar verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- jaire verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Old English
3 entries- lǣwede adj (non-clergy)
- lecgan verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- āleċġan verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Old Galician-Portuguese
1 entries- deitar verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Persian
1 entries- تخم گذاردن verb (to deposit an egg)
Polish
4 entries- kłaść verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- położyć verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- składać verb (to deposit an egg)
- złożyć verb (to deposit an egg)
Portuguese
4 entries- laico adj (non-clergy)
- laico adj (not being a member of an organized institution)
- leigo adj (non-clergy)
- leigo adj (non-professional)
Romanian
2 entries- culca verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- oua verb (to deposit an egg)
Russian
4 entries- мирско́й adj (non-clergy)
- непрофессиона́льный adj (non-professional)
- све́тский adj (non-clergy)
- короткая балла́да noun (sung poem)
Samoan
1 entries- tu'ufua verb (to deposit an egg)
Sanskrit
1 entries- दधाति verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Slovak
4 entries- amatérsky adj (non-professional)
- laický adj (non-clergy)
- laický adj (non-professional)
- zniesť verb (to deposit an egg)
Slovene
3 entries- položiti verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- položiti verb (to prepare groundwork, table etc.)
- položiti verb (to install certain building materials)
Somali
1 entries- jiifin verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Spanish
4 entries- laico adj (non-clergy)
- laico adj (not being a member of an organized institution)
- lego adj (non-professional)
- profano adj (non-professional)
Swedish
4 entries- lek adj (non-clergy)
- lek adj (non-professional)
- kväde noun (sung poem)
- ligga verb (to have sex with)
Tetum
1 entries- tolun verb (to deposit an egg)
Thai
3 entries- วาง verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- วางไข่ verb (to deposit an egg)
- ไข่ verb (to deposit an egg)
Tongan
1 entries- fakatō verb (to deposit an egg)
Turkish
3 entries- döşemek verb (to install certain building materials)
- yatırmak verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- yumurtlamak verb (to deposit an egg)
Ukrainian
4 entries- непрофесі́йний adj (non-professional)
- непрофесіона́льний adj (non-professional)
- кла́сти verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- кла́сти verb (to deposit an egg)
Venetan
2 entries- pondar verb (to deposit an egg)
- ponder verb (to deposit an egg)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đẻ trứng verb (to deposit an egg)
Walloon
2 entries- coûtchî verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- ponre verb (to deposit an egg)
Welsh
1 entries- dodwy verb (to deposit an egg)
Yiddish
2 entries- אַוועקלייגן verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- לייגן verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Zazaki
3 entries- cısanen verb (to have sex with)
- ravısten verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
- vıradayen verb (to leave something somewhere)
ǃXóõ
1 entries- ʻǃnàhã verb (to place something down in a position of rest)
Sample sentences
92 total sentences available.
Fan letters lay in a heap on the desk.
Source: tatoeba (20573)
Students of English often mix up the words 'lie' and 'lay'.
Source: tatoeba (26227)
We should lay on a second coat of paint for better protection against the weather.
Source: tatoeba (26665)
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