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{
"lay an egg":{
"to be unsuccessful":{
"antonyms":[
"click",
"come off",
"deliver",
"go",
"go over",
"pan out",
"succeed",
"work out"
],
"examples":[
"The gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third."
],
"near antonyms":[
"cook",
"flourish",
"prosper",
"thrive",
"prevail",
"triumph",
"win"
],
"related":[
"flounder",
"struggle",
"decline",
"sink",
"skid",
"slip",
"slump",
"wane",
"crash",
"crumble",
"miscarry",
"misfire",
"go under",
"implode",
"self-destruct"
],
"synonyms":[
"bomb",
"collapse",
"crater",
"fail",
"flame out",
"flop",
"flunk",
"fold",
"founder",
"miss",
"strike out",
"tank",
"wash out"
]
},
"to make a mistake":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"His book report was going perfectly until he laid an egg and got the main character's name wrong."
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"nod",
"bobble",
"botch",
"bungle",
"butcher",
"foozle",
"mangle",
"mishandle",
"muff",
"murder",
"miscalculate",
"misconceive",
"miscount",
"miscue",
"misdeem",
"misgauge",
"misjudge",
"mistake",
"misconstrue",
"misinterpret",
"misunderstand"
],
"synonyms":[
"blunder",
"boob",
"err",
"flub",
"fluff",
"foul up",
"fumble",
"goof (up)",
"louse up",
"mess (up)",
"screw up",
"slip up",
"stumble",
"trip"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"lay off":{
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"after such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"break",
"breath",
"breather",
"interruption",
"lull",
"pause",
"recess",
"abeyance",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"latency",
"quiescence",
"suspense",
"suspension"
],
"synonyms":[
"downtime",
"time-out",
"winter"
]
},
"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"even senior employees lost their jobs in the massive layoff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callback",
"recall",
"reemployment",
"rehire",
"rehiring"
],
"related":[
"pink slip",
"bird",
"boot",
"bum's rush",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"heave-ho",
"sack",
"closing",
"shutdown",
"shakeout",
"shake-up"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"furlough",
"redundancy"
]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"related":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit",
"shut off",
"stop"
]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lay up":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload",
"consume",
"squander",
"use up",
"waste",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"deplete",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"impoverish",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"related":[
"accumulate",
"acquire",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"garner",
"gather",
"pick up",
"round up",
"scrape (together)",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"conserve",
"husband",
"preserve",
"bank",
"coffer",
"deposit",
"hold",
"keep",
"reserve",
"retain",
"save",
"set by",
"stock",
"withhold",
"bury",
"conceal",
"ensconce",
"secrete"
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay away",
"lay by",
"lay in",
"put by",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"stow",
"treasure"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laying off":{
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one"
],
"synonyms":[
"breaking",
"breaking off",
"breaking up",
"canning",
"ceasing",
"cutting off",
"cutting out",
"desisting (from)",
"discontinuing",
"dropping",
"ending",
"giving over",
"halting",
"knocking off",
"leaving off",
"packing (up or in)",
"quitting",
"shutting off",
"stopping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"completing",
"concluding",
"finishing",
"closing (down)",
"deactivating",
"blockading",
"blocking",
"damming",
"delaying",
"detaining",
"hindering",
"holding",
"holding back",
"impeding",
"kiboshing",
"obstructing",
"stemming",
"calling",
"suspending",
"arresting",
"braking",
"checking",
"clamping down",
"reining (in)",
"squashing",
"squelching",
"stamping",
"stanching",
"staunching",
"stunting",
"suppressing",
"turning back",
"pausing",
"staying",
"suspending",
"abolishing",
"aborting",
"annulling",
"demolishing",
"destroying",
"dissolving",
"killing",
"ruining",
"scuttling",
"snuffing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carrying on",
"continuing",
"following through (with)",
"keeping up",
"running on",
"advancing",
"proceeding",
"progressing",
"actuating",
"driving",
"impelling",
"propelling",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laying out":{
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"he laid out big bucks for a new lawnmower that runs by itself"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying up",
"saving",
"acquiring",
"earning",
"gaining",
"garnering",
"making",
"procuring",
"realizing",
"securing",
"winning"
],
"related":[
"lavishing",
"raining",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"running through",
"squandering",
"throwing away",
"wasting"
],
"synonyms":[
"disbursing",
"dropping",
"expending",
"forking (over, out, or up)",
"giving",
"outlaying",
"paying",
"shelling out",
"spending"
]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"for the historic celebration, the museum laid out its full collection of native artifacts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflaging",
"disguising",
"masking",
"concealing",
"covering",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"hiding",
"obscuring",
"occluding",
"occulting",
"shrouding",
"veiling"
],
"related":[
"brandishing",
"flourishing",
"waving",
"advertising",
"airing",
"announcing",
"blazing",
"broadcasting",
"heralding",
"placarding",
"posting",
"proclaiming",
"publicizing",
"sounding",
"trumpeting",
"divulging",
"talking (about)",
"telling (of)",
"baring",
"discovering",
"revealing",
"uncloaking",
"uncovering",
"unmasking"
],
"synonyms":[
"displaying",
"disporting",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"flashing",
"flaunting",
"parading",
"producing",
"showing",
"showing off",
"sporting",
"strutting",
"unveiling"
]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"antonyms":[
"deranging",
"disarranging",
"disarraying",
"disordering",
"messing (up)",
"mussing (up)",
"rumpling",
"upsetting"
],
"examples":[
"plants in the botanical gardens are laid out according to biogeographic region"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"grooming",
"making up",
"sprucing (up)",
"straightening (up)",
"tidying (up)",
"unscrambling",
"aligning",
"alining",
"cuing",
"cueing",
"lining",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"alphabetizing",
"filing",
"hierarchizing",
"prioritizing",
"sequencing",
"emplacing",
"placing",
"setting",
"displaying",
"mapping (out)",
"setting out"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranging",
"arraying",
"classifying",
"codifying",
"disposing",
"drawing up",
"marshaling",
"marshalling",
"ordering",
"organizing",
"ranging",
"systematizing"
]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"antonyms":[],
"examples":[
"the transatlantic balloonists laid out a backup plan in case of an emergency"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"related":[
"conspiring",
"contriving",
"devising",
"intriguing",
"machinating",
"plotting",
"putting up",
"concerting",
"getting up",
"drafting",
"outlining",
"sketching",
"aiming",
"figuring",
"having on",
"intending",
"meaning",
"contemplating",
"meditating",
"premeditating"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranging",
"blueprinting",
"budgeting",
"calculating",
"charting",
"choreographing",
"designing",
"framing",
"mapping (out)",
"organizing",
"planning",
"preparing",
"projecting",
"scheming (out)",
"shaping",
"strategizing (about)"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laying up":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges"
],
"synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying away",
"laying by",
"laying in",
"putting by",
"salting away",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"stockpiling",
"storing",
"stowing",
"treasuring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"acquiring",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"scraping (together)",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"conserving",
"husbanding",
"preserving",
"banking",
"coffering",
"depositing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"saving",
"setting by",
"stocking",
"withholding",
"burying",
"concealing",
"ensconcing",
"secreting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading",
"consuming",
"squandering",
"using up",
"wasting",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"depleting",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"impoverishing",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"layoffs":{
"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
"examples":[
"even senior employees lost their jobs in the massive layoff"
],
"synonyms":[
"axes",
"discharges",
"dismissals",
"furloughs",
"redundancies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pink slips",
"birds",
"boots",
"bum's rushes",
"firings",
"heave-hos",
"sacks",
"closings",
"shutdowns",
"shakeouts",
"shake-ups"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callbacks",
"recalls",
"reemployments",
"re-employments",
"rehires"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
"examples":[
"after such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape"
],
"synonyms":[
"downtimes",
"time-outs",
"winters"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"breathers",
"breaths",
"interruptions",
"lulls",
"pauses",
"recesses",
"abeyances",
"doldrums",
"dormancies",
"latencies",
"quiescences",
"suspenses",
"suspensions"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"layout":{
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"the decorator changed the layout of the living room three times before declaring it finished"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"format",
"formation",
"setout",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"composition",
"constitution",
"getup",
"makeup",
"build",
"construction",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"the layout of his portraits typically consists of a finely drawn subject against a roughly sketched background"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"form",
"format",
"getup",
"makeup",
"ordonnance",
"pattern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
"examples":[
"he laid out big bucks for a new lawnmower that runs by itself"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburse",
"drop",
"expend",
"fork (over, out, or up)",
"give",
"outlay",
"pay",
"shell out",
"spend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lavish",
"rain",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"run through",
"squander",
"throw away",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay up",
"save",
"acquire",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"make",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"the transatlantic balloonists laid out a backup plan in case of an emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"blueprint",
"budget",
"calculate",
"chart",
"choreograph",
"design",
"frame",
"map (out)",
"organize",
"plan",
"prepare",
"project",
"scheme (out)",
"shape",
"strategize (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspire",
"contrive",
"devise",
"intrigue",
"machinate",
"plot",
"put up",
"concert",
"get up",
"draft",
"outline",
"sketch",
"aim",
"figure",
"have on",
"intend",
"mean",
"contemplate",
"meditate",
"premeditate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"plants in the botanical gardens are laid out according to biogeographic region"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)",
"unscramble",
"align",
"aline",
"cue",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"alphabetize",
"file",
"hierarchize",
"prioritize",
"sequence",
"emplace",
"place",
"set",
"display",
"map (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"mess (up)",
"muss (up)",
"rumple",
"upset"
]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"for the historic celebration, the museum laid out its full collection of native artifacts"
],
"synonyms":[
"display",
"disport",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flash",
"flaunt",
"parade",
"produce",
"show",
"show off",
"sport",
"strut",
"unveil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandish",
"flourish",
"wave",
"advertise",
"air",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"sound",
"trumpet",
"divulge",
"talk (about)",
"tell (of)",
"bare",
"discover",
"reveal",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"mask",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"obscure",
"occlude",
"occult",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"layouts":{
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"the decorator changed the layout of the living room three times before declaring it finished"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"configurations",
"conformations",
"formations",
"formats",
"setouts",
"setups"
],
"near synonyms":[
"designs",
"plans",
"schemes",
"compositions",
"constitutions",
"getups",
"makeups",
"builds",
"constructions",
"structures"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"the layout of his portraits typically consists of a finely drawn subject against a roughly sketched background"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangements",
"compositions",
"configurations",
"constellations",
"designs",
"formats",
"forms",
"getups",
"makeups",
"ordonnances",
"patterns"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motifs",
"themes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"layperson":{
"as in layman , secular":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"layman",
"secular",
"lay reader",
"lector"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clergyperson",
"cleric",
"clerical",
"clerk",
"deacon",
"divine",
"dominie",
"ecclesiastic",
"minister",
"preacher",
"priest",
"reverend",
"churchman",
"clergyman",
"father",
"Holy Joe",
"padre",
"clergywoman",
"deaconess",
"priestess"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lays in":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"be sure to lay in enough food for the long Alaska winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"caches",
"hoards",
"lays away",
"lays by",
"lays up",
"puts by",
"salts away",
"squirrels (away)",
"stashes",
"stockpiles",
"stores",
"stows",
"treasures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"acquires",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"garners",
"gathers",
"picks up",
"rounds up",
"scrapes (together)",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"conserves",
"husbands",
"preserves",
"banks",
"coffers",
"deposits",
"holds",
"keeps",
"reserves",
"retains",
"saves",
"sets by",
"stocks",
"withholds",
"buries",
"conceals",
"ensconces",
"secretes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"unloads",
"consumes",
"squanders",
"uses up",
"wastes",
"hands out",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"spends",
"depletes",
"exhausts",
"expends",
"impoverishes",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lays on":{
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
"examples":[
"she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel"
],
"synonyms":[
"applies",
"lays",
"spreads"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anoints",
"bedaubs",
"besmears",
"dabs",
"daubs",
"plasters",
"slathers",
"smears",
"blankets",
"carpets",
"coats",
"covers",
"layers",
"mantles",
"overlays",
"overlies",
"overspreads",
"sheets",
"surfaces"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bares",
"exposes",
"peels",
"strips",
"uncovers"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District"
],
"synonyms":[
"assumes",
"employs",
"engages",
"fees",
"hires",
"pays",
"places",
"recruits",
"retains",
"signs (up or on)",
"takes on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploys",
"reengages",
"rehires",
"apprentices",
"contracts",
"jobs",
"partners",
"subcontracts",
"enlists",
"advances",
"promotes",
"upgrades",
"keeps (on)",
"headhunts",
"scouts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughs",
"lays off",
"locks out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axes",
"cans",
"discharges",
"dismisses",
"fires",
"sacks"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lays out":{
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
"examples":[
"he laid out big bucks for a new lawnmower that runs by itself"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburses",
"drops",
"expends",
"forks (over, out, or up)",
"gives",
"outlays",
"pays",
"shells out",
"spends"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lavishes",
"rains",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"runs through",
"squanders",
"throws away",
"wastes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"caches",
"hoards",
"lays up",
"saves",
"acquires",
"earns",
"gains",
"garners",
"makes",
"procures",
"realizes",
"secures",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"the transatlantic balloonists laid out a backup plan in case of an emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"blueprints",
"budgets",
"calculates",
"charts",
"choreographs",
"designs",
"frames",
"maps (out)",
"organizes",
"plans",
"prepares",
"projects",
"schemes (out)",
"shapes",
"strategizes (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspires",
"contrives",
"devises",
"intrigues",
"machinates",
"plots",
"puts up",
"concerts",
"gets up",
"drafts",
"outlines",
"sketches",
"aims",
"figures",
"has on",
"intends",
"means",
"contemplates",
"meditates",
"premeditates"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"plants in the botanical gardens are laid out according to biogeographic region"
],
"synonyms":[
"arranges",
"arrays",
"classifies",
"codifies",
"disposes",
"draws up",
"marshals",
"marshalls",
"orders",
"organizes",
"ranges",
"systematizes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"grooms",
"makes up",
"spruces (up)",
"straightens (up)",
"tidies (up)",
"unscrambles",
"aligns",
"alines",
"cues",
"lines",
"lines up",
"queues",
"alphabetizes",
"files",
"hierarchizes",
"prioritizes",
"sequences",
"emplaces",
"places",
"sets",
"displays",
"maps (out)",
"sets out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"deranges",
"disarranges",
"disarrays",
"disorders",
"messes (up)",
"musses (up)",
"rumples",
"upsets"
]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"for the historic celebration, the museum laid out its full collection of native artifacts"
],
"synonyms":[
"displays",
"disports",
"exhibits",
"exposes",
"flashes",
"flaunts",
"parades",
"produces",
"shows",
"shows off",
"sports",
"struts",
"unveils"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandishes",
"flourishes",
"waves",
"advertises",
"airs",
"announces",
"blazes",
"broadcasts",
"heralds",
"placards",
"posts",
"proclaims",
"publicizes",
"sounds",
"trumpets",
"divulges",
"talks (about)",
"tells (of)",
"bares",
"discovers",
"reveals",
"uncloaks",
"uncovers",
"unmasks"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflages",
"disguises",
"masks",
"conceals",
"covers",
"curtains",
"enshrouds",
"hides",
"obscures",
"occludes",
"occults",
"shrouds",
"veils"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laying in":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"be sure to lay in enough food for the long Alaska winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying away",
"laying by",
"laying up",
"putting by",
"salting away",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"stockpiling",
"storing",
"stowing",
"treasuring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"acquiring",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"scraping (together)",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"conserving",
"husbanding",
"preserving",
"banking",
"coffering",
"depositing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"saving",
"setting by",
"stocking",
"withholding",
"burying",
"concealing",
"ensconcing",
"secreting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading",
"consuming",
"squandering",
"using up",
"wasting",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"depleting",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"impoverishing",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"layman":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"the discussion about investing was geared more to the layman than to the professional investor"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateur",
"dabbler",
"dilettante",
"hobbyist",
"nonexpert",
"nonprofessional",
"potterer",
"putterer",
"tinkerer"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounder",
"generalist",
"general practitioner",
"jack-of-all-trades",
"aficionado",
"afficionado",
"buff",
"devotee",
"enthusiast",
"fan"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authority",
"expert",
"pro",
"professional",
"specialist"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"layovers":{
"a brief halt in a journey":{
"examples":[
"our flight from New York to San Francisco made a layover in Chicago"
],
"synonyms":[
"stopovers",
"stops"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks",
"pauses",
"rests"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lays off (of)":{
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
"examples":[
"we warned him to lay off of the cigarette smoking"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandons",
"discontinues",
"drops",
"gives up",
"knocks off",
"packs (up or in)",
"quits"
],
"near synonyms":[
"breaks off",
"breaks up",
"ceases",
"closes",
"concludes",
"ends",
"expires",
"finishes",
"halts",
"leaves off",
"shuts off",
"pauses",
"tapers off",
"throws up",
"rounds (off or out)",
"terminates",
"winds up",
"wraps up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"goes",
"runs on",
"hangs in",
"hangs on",
"holds on",
"perseveres",
"persists",
"follows through (with)",
"renews",
"reopens",
"restarts",
"resumes",
"preserves",
"stays",
"begins",
"commences",
"starts"
],
"antonyms":[
"carries on",
"continues",
"keeps",
"keeps up",
"maintains"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"layer":{
"as in loop , seam":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corrugation",
"loop",
"plait",
"pleat",
"ply",
"pucker",
"seam",
"tuck",
"crease",
"crimp",
"crinkle",
"furrow",
"wrinkle",
"crow's-foot"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in level , grade":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"bracket",
"echelon",
"grade",
"level",
"tier",
"caste",
"class",
"estate",
"folk",
"gentry",
"order",
"stratum",
"place",
"position",
"rank",
"standing",
"status",
"food chain",
"grouping",
"hierarchy",
"stratification",
"clan",
"family",
"fraternity",
"people",
"race",
"tribe",
"subcaste"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or arrange parts or pieces of something on top of each other; to form or arrange (something) in layers":{
"examples":[
"The next step in the recipe is to layer the pasta and the sauce in the pan.",
"We layered the fruit with whipped cream and served it with cookies."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pyramid",
"heap",
"mound",
"pile",
"stack",
"bank",
"accumulate",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"garner",
"gather",
"group",
"mass",
"bunch",
"clump",
"lump"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"laying on of hands":{
"a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor":{
"examples":[
"The mother hoped a laying on of hands would heal her sick child."
],
"synonyms":[
"benediction",
"benison",
"blessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Godspeed",
"appeal",
"entreaty",
"grace",
"intercession",
"invocation",
"orison",
"petition",
"plea",
"prayer",
"supplication",
"sanctification"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"anathema",
"curse",
"execration",
"imprecation",
"malediction"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"layers":{
"as in loops , seams":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"corrugations",
"loops",
"plaits",
"pleats",
"plies",
"puckers",
"seams",
"tucks",
"creases",
"crimps",
"crinkles",
"furrows",
"wrinkles",
"crow's-feet",
"crow's feet"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in levels , grades":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"brackets",
"echelons",
"grades",
"levels",
"tiers",
"castes",
"classes",
"estates",
"folk",
"folks",
"gentries",
"orders",
"strata",
"places",
"positions",
"ranks",
"standings",
"statuses",
"food chains",
"groupings",
"hierarchies",
"stratifications",
"clans",
"families",
"fraternities",
"people",
"races",
"tribes",
"subcastes",
"sub-castes"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to form or arrange parts or pieces of something on top of each other; to form or arrange (something) in layers":{
"examples":[
"The next step in the recipe is to layer the pasta and the sauce in the pan.",
"We layered the fruit with whipped cream and served it with cookies."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pyramids",
"heaps",
"mounds",
"piles",
"stacks",
"banks",
"accumulates",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"garners",
"gathers",
"groups",
"masses",
"bunches",
"clumps",
"lumps"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lay eyes on":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"They were smitten from the moment they first laid eyes on each other."
],
"synonyms":[
"behold",
"catch",
"descry",
"discern",
"distinguish",
"espy",
"eye",
"look (at)",
"note",
"notice",
"observe",
"perceive",
"regard",
"remark",
"see",
"sight",
"spot",
"spy",
"view",
"witness"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identify",
"make out",
"pick out",
"pick up",
"attend (to)",
"consider",
"heed",
"mark",
"mind",
"study",
"watch",
"examine",
"inspect",
"scan",
"scrutinize",
"survey",
"glance (at)",
"glimpse",
"peer (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overpass",
"pass over",
"miss",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"lay away":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"the weather forecast warned of a severe storm, so we laid away a generous supply of bottled water and canned food just in case"
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay by",
"lay in",
"lay up",
"put by",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"stow",
"treasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"acquire",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"garner",
"gather",
"pick up",
"round up",
"scrape (together)",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"conserve",
"husband",
"preserve",
"bank",
"coffer",
"deposit",
"hold",
"keep",
"reserve",
"retain",
"save",
"set by",
"stock",
"withhold",
"bury",
"conceal",
"ensconce",
"secrete"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload",
"consume",
"squander",
"use up",
"waste",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"deplete",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"impoverish",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in installment plan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"installment plan",
"credit",
"trust",
"charge account",
"credit line"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lay":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"just lay the book over there on the table for now"
],
"synonyms":[
"depose",
"deposit",
"dispose",
"emplace",
"fix",
"place",
"position",
"put",
"set",
"set up",
"situate",
"stick"
],
"near synonyms":[
"move",
"rearrange",
"reorder",
"shift",
"orient",
"establish",
"locate",
"plant",
"settle",
"clap",
"flop",
"plank",
"plop",
"plump",
"plunk",
"plonk",
"plunk down",
"slap",
"ensconce",
"niche",
"assemble",
"collect",
"carry",
"berth",
"park",
"affix",
"anchor",
"lock",
"lodge",
"wedge",
"array",
"lay out",
"line up",
"queue",
"rank",
"set down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocate",
"remove",
"take",
"banish",
"dislodge",
"displace",
"replace",
"supersede",
"supplant"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
"examples":[
"the rain was just hard enough to lay the dust in the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"sediment",
"settle"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filter",
"screen",
"sieve",
"sift",
"strain",
"clarify",
"clear",
"resettle"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitate",
"disturb",
"mix",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[
"raise"
]
},
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"state officials tried to lay a tax on merchandise sold over the Internet"
],
"synonyms":[
"assess",
"charge",
"exact",
"fine",
"impose",
"levy",
"put"
],
"near synonyms":[
"dock",
"excise",
"mulct",
"penalize",
"tax",
"extort",
"shake down",
"wrest",
"wring",
"bleed",
"fleece",
"gouge",
"milk",
"skin",
"squeeze",
"coerce",
"compel",
"force",
"inflict",
"wreak",
"set",
"reapply",
"reimpose",
"relay"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abate",
"diminish",
"lessen",
"forgive",
"release",
"condone",
"disregard",
"excuse",
"gloss (over)",
"gloze (over)",
"ignore",
"pardon"
],
"antonyms":[
"remit"
]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"examples":[
"she's laying plans for the charity auction months ahead of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"fit",
"fix",
"groom",
"prep",
"prepare",
"ready"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brace",
"fortify",
"gird",
"steel",
"batten",
"gather",
"gear up",
"mount",
"educate",
"indoctrinate",
"instruct",
"school",
"train",
"tutor",
"boot (up)",
"prime",
"arrange",
"set",
"spread",
"arm",
"equip",
"forearm",
"furnish",
"outfit",
"provide",
"supply",
"incline",
"predispose",
"draft",
"draw up",
"frame",
"warm (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
"examples":[
"the mason laid mortar over the first row of bricks before starting the second"
],
"synonyms":[
"apply",
"lay on",
"spread"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anoint",
"bedaub",
"besmear",
"dab",
"daub",
"plaster",
"slather",
"smear",
"blanket",
"carpet",
"coat",
"cover",
"layer",
"mantle",
"overlay",
"overlie",
"overspread",
"sheet",
"surface"
],
"near antonyms":[
"bare",
"expose",
"peel",
"strip",
"uncover"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
"examples":[
"I'll lay five dollars that you can't do it"
],
"synonyms":[
"bet",
"gamble",
"go",
"play",
"put",
"stake",
"wager"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bid",
"offer",
"adventure",
"chance",
"hazard",
"speculate",
"venture",
"endanger",
"imperil",
"jeopardize"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"an electrical fire that was laid to faulty wiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"accredit",
"ascribe",
"attribute",
"chalk up",
"credit",
"impute",
"put down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blame",
"charge",
"father (on)",
"impute (to)",
"pin (on)",
"assign",
"refer",
"associate",
"attach",
"connect",
"link"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
"examples":[
"lay the corpse to rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"bury",
"entomb",
"hearse",
"inhume",
"inter",
"put away",
"tomb"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immure",
"inurn",
"enshrine",
"conceal",
"cover",
"ensconce",
"hide",
"obscure",
"shade",
"shield",
"cloak",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"shroud",
"rebury",
"reinter",
"coffin"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burn",
"cremate",
"bare",
"disclose",
"discover",
"display",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"reveal",
"show",
"uncoffin"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinter",
"exhume",
"unearth"
]
},
"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
"examples":[
"the minstrel strummed a cheerful lay on his lute"
],
"synonyms":[
"air",
"melody",
"song",
"strain",
"tune",
"warble"
],
"near synonyms":[
"descant",
"discant",
"cadence",
"measure",
"meter",
"rhythm",
"ballad",
"ditty",
"hymn",
"lyric",
"madrigal"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment":{
"examples":[
"she sang a short lay in dedication to her husband"
],
"synonyms":[
"ballad",
"ditty",
"jingle",
"lyric",
"song",
"vocal"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anthem",
"cantata",
"canticle",
"carol",
"chorale",
"hymn",
"noel",
"psalm",
"spiritual",
"dirge",
"lament",
"requiem",
"threnody",
"hallelujah",
"paean",
"aria",
"art song",
"barcarole",
"barcarolle",
"blues",
"chanson",
"chant",
"chantey",
"chanty",
"shanty",
"chorus",
"croon",
"descant",
"discant",
"folk song",
"glee",
"lullaby",
"madrigal",
"motet",
"part-song",
"pop",
"rocker",
"round",
"roundelay",
"serenade",
"standard",
"drinking song",
"fight song",
"torch song",
"cover",
"medley",
"remix"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the activity by which one regularly makes a living":{
"examples":[
"my main lay is as a general contractor, but I do side work as a carpenter"
],
"synonyms":[
"calling",
"employment",
"game",
"line",
"occupation",
"profession",
"trade",
"vocation",
"work"
],
"near synonyms":[
"call",
"lifework",
"business",
"enterprise",
"field",
"livelihood",
"living",
"m\u00e9tier",
"metier",
"racket",
"assignment",
"engagement",
"gig",
"mission",
"art",
"craft",
"handcraft",
"handicraft",
"appointment",
"berth",
"billet",
"office",
"place",
"position",
"post",
"situation",
"duty",
"function",
"job",
"load",
"task",
"workload"
],
"near antonyms":[
"avocation",
"hobby",
"pursuit"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in laical , nonclerical":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"laical",
"laic",
"nonclerical",
"atheistic",
"godless",
"irreligious",
"pagan",
"paganish",
"religionless",
"nondenominational",
"nonsectarian",
"nonreligious",
"profane",
"secular",
"temporal",
"earthly",
"mundane",
"terrene",
"terrestrial",
"worldly",
"material",
"physical",
"substantial",
"bodily",
"carnal",
"corporal",
"fleshly",
"blasphemous",
"impious",
"irreverent",
"sacrilegious",
"unconsecrated",
"unhallowed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"religious",
"sacred",
"divine",
"spiritual",
"consecrated",
"hallowed",
"holy",
"sacrosanct",
"sanctified",
"churchly",
"devout",
"godly",
"pious",
"prayerful",
"reverent",
"worshipful",
"ethereal",
"insubstantial",
"metaphysical",
"unsubstantial",
"bodiless",
"immaterial",
"incorporeal",
"nonphysical"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"adjective",
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lay down":{
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"the city council promises to lay down new ordinances that will force dog walkers to clean up after their animals"
],
"synonyms":[
"constitute",
"enact",
"legislate",
"make",
"ordain",
"pass"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenact",
"repass",
"bring about",
"effect",
"allow",
"authorize",
"permit",
"sanction",
"decree",
"dictate",
"proclaim",
"administer",
"execute",
"approve",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"cancel",
"invalidate",
"kill",
"nullify",
"overturn",
"reverse",
"void"
],
"antonyms":[
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke"
]
},
"to state clearly and strongly":{
"examples":[
"at the risk of their popularity, the parents laid down the rules for the party and wouldn't accept any arguments"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"declare",
"guarantee",
"profess"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"advertise",
"boost",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"announce",
"blaze",
"call",
"proclaim",
"pronounce",
"say",
"accent",
"accentuate",
"emphasize",
"stress",
"underline",
"underscore",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"espouse",
"support",
"uphold",
"assure",
"convince",
"persuade",
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"reaffirm",
"reassert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimize",
"understate",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
"examples":[
"the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment"
],
"synonyms":[
"define",
"prescribe",
"specify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decree",
"dictate",
"ordain",
"assign",
"direct",
"fix",
"set",
"settle",
"arrange",
"order",
"choose",
"select",
"adjure",
"bid",
"charge",
"command",
"enjoin",
"instruct",
"tell",
"conduct",
"control",
"govern",
"lead",
"manage",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"obligate",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"commanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons"
],
"synonyms":[
"cede",
"cough up",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"render",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commit",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"transfer",
"forfeit",
"release",
"waive",
"abnegate",
"renounce",
"resign",
"abandon",
"desert",
"discard",
"forsake",
"part (with)",
"shed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"retain",
"withhold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laymen":{
"a person who regularly or occasionally engages in an activity as a pastime rather than as a profession":{
"examples":[
"the discussion about investing was geared more to the layman than to the professional investor"
],
"synonyms":[
"amateurs",
"dabblers",
"dilettantes",
"dilettanti",
"hobbyists",
"nonexperts",
"nonprofessionals",
"potterers",
"putterers",
"tinkerers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"all-rounders",
"generalists",
"general practitioners",
"jacks-of-all-trades",
"aficionados",
"afficionados",
"buffs",
"devotees",
"enthusiasts",
"fans"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"authorities",
"experts",
"professionals",
"pros",
"specialists"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lays hold of":{
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"couldn't lay hold of the slippery shampoo bottle"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasps",
"grasps",
"grips",
"holds",
"takes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clenches",
"clings (to)",
"clutches",
"holds on (to)",
"catches",
"nabs",
"seizes",
"snatches"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharges",
"drops",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"delivers",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"gives",
"hands",
"hands over",
"passes",
"relinquishes",
"transfers",
"transmits",
"turns over",
"unhands"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"layabouts":{
"a lazy person":{
"examples":[
"she regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything"
],
"synonyms":[
"couch potatoes",
"deadbeats",
"do-nothings",
"drones",
"idlers",
"lazybones",
"loafers",
"lotus-eaters",
"slouches",
"slugabeds",
"sluggards",
"slugs"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bums",
"good-for-nothings",
"ne'er-do-wells",
"crawlers",
"creepers",
"dawdlers",
"laggards",
"putterers",
"slowpokes",
"snails",
"stick-in-the-muds",
"stragglers",
"clock-watchers",
"goldbricks",
"malingerers",
"shirkers",
"slackers",
"dalliers",
"lingerers",
"loiterers",
"lollers",
"loungers",
"saunterers",
"delayers",
"procrastinators",
"dropouts",
"quitters"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achievers",
"comers",
"highfliers",
"highflyers",
"live wires",
"powerhouses"
],
"antonyms":[
"doers",
"go-aheads",
"go-getters",
"hummers",
"hustlers",
"self-starters"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laying eyes on":{
"to make note of (something) through the use of one's eyes":{
"examples":[
"They were smitten from the moment they first laid eyes on each other."
],
"synonyms":[
"beholding",
"catching",
"descrying",
"discerning",
"distinguishing",
"espying",
"eyeing",
"eying",
"looking (at)",
"noticing",
"noting",
"observing",
"perceiving",
"regarding",
"remarking",
"seeing",
"sighting",
"spotting",
"spying",
"viewing",
"witnessing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"identifying",
"making out",
"picking out",
"picking up",
"attending (to)",
"considering",
"heeding",
"marking",
"minding",
"studying",
"watching",
"examining",
"inspecting",
"scanning",
"scrutinizing",
"surveying",
"glancing (at)",
"glimpsing",
"peering (at)"
],
"near antonyms":[
"disregarding",
"ignoring",
"neglecting",
"overpassing",
"passing over",
"missing",
"overlooking"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"laying away":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"the weather forecast warned of a severe storm, so we laid away a generous supply of bottled water and canned food just in case"
],
"synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying by",
"laying in",
"laying up",
"putting by",
"salting away",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"stockpiling",
"storing",
"stowing",
"treasuring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"acquiring",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"scraping (together)",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"conserving",
"husbanding",
"preserving",
"banking",
"coffering",
"depositing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"saving",
"setting by",
"stocking",
"withholding",
"burying",
"concealing",
"ensconcing",
"secreting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading",
"consuming",
"squandering",
"using up",
"wasting",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"depleting",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"impoverishing",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lays over":{
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"defers",
"delays",
"holds off (on)",
"holds over",
"holds up",
"postpones",
"puts off",
"puts over",
"remits",
"shelves"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspends",
"hesitates",
"pauses",
"stays",
"detains",
"retards",
"slows",
"extends",
"lengthens",
"prolongs",
"protracts",
"stretches (out)",
"waits"
],
"near antonyms":[
"acts",
"deals (with)",
"decides (upon)",
"does",
"works (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laypeople":{
"as in laymen , seculars":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"laymen",
"seculars",
"secular",
"lay readers",
"lectors"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"laying by":{
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
"examples":[
"a politician who had laid by his principles years ago"
],
"synonyms":[
"cashiering",
"casting (off)",
"chucking",
"deep-sixing",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"eighty-sixing",
"86ing",
"exorcising",
"exorcizing",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"junking",
"losing",
"pitching",
"rejecting",
"scrapping",
"shedding",
"shucking (off)",
"sloughing (off)",
"sluffing (off)",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"tossing",
"unloading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"abandoning",
"abdicating",
"deserting",
"forsaking",
"dismissing",
"kicking out",
"abolishing",
"annihilating",
"eliminating",
"eradicating",
"expunging",
"exterminating",
"extinguishing",
"extirpating",
"liquidating",
"removing",
"rooting (out)",
"stamping (out)",
"wiping out"
],
"near antonyms":[
"adopting",
"embracing",
"taking on",
"employing",
"using",
"utilizing",
"holding",
"holding back",
"keeping",
"retaining"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"ever since the last hurricane caught them unprepared, they have laid by emergency supplies"
],
"synonyms":[
"caching",
"hoarding",
"laying away",
"laying in",
"laying up",
"putting by",
"salting away",
"squirreling (away)",
"squirrelling (away)",
"stashing",
"stockpiling",
"storing",
"stowing",
"treasuring"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulating",
"acquiring",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"picking up",
"rounding up",
"scraping (together)",
"heaping",
"piling",
"stacking",
"conserving",
"husbanding",
"preserving",
"banking",
"coffering",
"depositing",
"holding",
"keeping",
"reserving",
"retaining",
"saving",
"setting by",
"stocking",
"withholding",
"burying",
"concealing",
"ensconcing",
"secreting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casting",
"discarding",
"ditching",
"dumping",
"flinging (off or away)",
"jettisoning",
"throwing away",
"throwing out",
"unloading",
"consuming",
"squandering",
"using up",
"wasting",
"handing out",
"handing over",
"relinquishing",
"surrendering",
"blowing",
"dissipating",
"frittering (away)",
"lavishing",
"misspending",
"running through",
"spending",
"depleting",
"exhausting",
"expending",
"impoverishing",
"dispelling",
"dispersing",
"dissipating",
"scattering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"layaways":{
"as in installment plans":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"installment plans",
"credits",
"trusts",
"charge accounts",
"credit lines"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lays away":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"the weather forecast warned of a severe storm, so we laid away a generous supply of bottled water and canned food just in case"
],
"synonyms":[
"caches",
"hoards",
"lays by",
"lays in",
"lays up",
"puts by",
"salts away",
"squirrels (away)",
"stashes",
"stockpiles",
"stores",
"stows",
"treasures"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulates",
"acquires",
"amasses",
"assembles",
"collects",
"concentrates",
"garners",
"gathers",
"picks up",
"rounds up",
"scrapes (together)",
"heaps",
"piles",
"stacks",
"conserves",
"husbands",
"preserves",
"banks",
"coffers",
"deposits",
"holds",
"keeps",
"reserves",
"retains",
"saves",
"sets by",
"stocks",
"withholds",
"buries",
"conceals",
"ensconces",
"secretes"
],
"near antonyms":[
"casts",
"discards",
"ditches",
"dumps",
"flings (off or away)",
"jettisons",
"throws away",
"throws out",
"unloads",
"consumes",
"squanders",
"uses up",
"wastes",
"hands out",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"surrenders",
"blows",
"dissipates",
"fritters (away)",
"lavishes",
"misspends",
"runs through",
"spends",
"depletes",
"exhausts",
"expends",
"impoverishes",
"dispels",
"disperses",
"dissipates",
"scatters"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"layoff":{
"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
"examples":[
"even senior employees lost their jobs in the massive layoff"
],
"synonyms":[
"ax",
"axe",
"discharge",
"dismissal",
"furlough",
"redundancy"
],
"near synonyms":[
"pink slip",
"bird",
"boot",
"bum's rush",
"downsizing",
"firing",
"heave-ho",
"sack",
"closing",
"shutdown",
"shakeout",
"shake-up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"callback",
"recall",
"reemployment",
"rehire",
"rehiring"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
"examples":[
"after such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape"
],
"synonyms":[
"downtime",
"time-out",
"winter"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"breath",
"breather",
"interruption",
"lull",
"pause",
"recess",
"abeyance",
"doldrums",
"dormancy",
"latency",
"quiescence",
"suspense",
"suspension"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
"examples":[
"you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one"
],
"synonyms":[
"break",
"break off",
"break up",
"can",
"cease",
"cut off",
"cut out",
"desist (from)",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"end",
"give over",
"halt",
"knock off",
"leave off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit",
"shut off",
"stop"
],
"near synonyms":[
"complete",
"conclude",
"finish",
"close (down)",
"deactivate",
"block",
"blockade",
"dam",
"delay",
"detain",
"hinder",
"hold",
"hold back",
"impede",
"kibosh",
"obstruct",
"stem",
"call",
"suspend",
"arrest",
"brake",
"check",
"clamp down",
"rein (in)",
"squash",
"squelch",
"stamp",
"stanch",
"staunch",
"stunt",
"suppress",
"turn back",
"pause",
"stay",
"suspend",
"abolish",
"abort",
"annul",
"demolish",
"destroy",
"dissolve",
"kill",
"ruin",
"scuttle",
"snuff"
],
"near antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"follow through (with)",
"keep up",
"run on",
"advance",
"proceed",
"progress",
"actuate",
"drive",
"impel",
"propel",
"stir"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lay (down)":{
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"the city council promises to lay down new ordinances that will force dog walkers to clean up after their animals"
],
"synonyms":[
"constitute",
"enact",
"legislate",
"make",
"ordain",
"pass"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenact",
"repass",
"bring about",
"effect",
"allow",
"authorize",
"permit",
"sanction",
"decree",
"dictate",
"proclaim",
"administer",
"execute",
"approve",
"confirm",
"ratify"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolish",
"abrogate",
"annul",
"cancel",
"invalidate",
"kill",
"nullify",
"overturn",
"reverse",
"void"
],
"antonyms":[
"repeal",
"rescind",
"revoke"
]
},
"to state clearly and strongly":{
"examples":[
"at the risk of their popularity, the parents laid down the rules for the party and wouldn't accept any arguments"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirm",
"assert",
"aver",
"avouch",
"avow",
"declare",
"guarantee",
"profess"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advance",
"advertise",
"boost",
"plug",
"promote",
"publicize",
"announce",
"blaze",
"call",
"proclaim",
"pronounce",
"say",
"accent",
"accentuate",
"emphasize",
"stress",
"underline",
"underscore",
"advocate",
"champion",
"defend",
"espouse",
"support",
"uphold",
"assure",
"convince",
"persuade",
"explain",
"justify",
"rationalize",
"reaffirm",
"reassert"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimize",
"understate",
"disregard",
"ignore",
"neglect",
"overlook"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
"examples":[
"the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment"
],
"synonyms":[
"define",
"prescribe",
"specify"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decree",
"dictate",
"ordain",
"assign",
"direct",
"fix",
"set",
"settle",
"arrange",
"order",
"choose",
"select",
"adjure",
"bid",
"charge",
"command",
"enjoin",
"instruct",
"tell",
"conduct",
"control",
"govern",
"lead",
"manage",
"coerce",
"compel",
"constrain",
"force",
"obligate",
"oblige",
"require"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"commanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons"
],
"synonyms":[
"cede",
"cough up",
"deliver",
"give up",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"render",
"surrender",
"turn in",
"turn over",
"yield"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commit",
"consign",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"transfer",
"forfeit",
"release",
"waive",
"abnegate",
"renounce",
"resign",
"abandon",
"desert",
"discard",
"forsake",
"part (with)",
"shed"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keep",
"retain",
"withhold"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lay off (of)":{
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
"examples":[
"we warned him to lay off of the cigarette smoking"
],
"synonyms":[
"abandon",
"discontinue",
"drop",
"give up",
"knock off",
"pack (up or in)",
"quit"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break off",
"break up",
"cease",
"close",
"conclude",
"end",
"expire",
"finish",
"halt",
"leave off",
"shut off",
"pause",
"taper off",
"throw up",
"round (off or out)",
"terminate",
"wind up",
"wrap up"
],
"near antonyms":[
"go",
"run on",
"hang in",
"hang on",
"hold on",
"persevere",
"persist",
"follow through (with)",
"renew",
"reopen",
"restart",
"resume",
"preserve",
"stay",
"begin",
"commence",
"start"
],
"antonyms":[
"carry on",
"continue",
"keep",
"keep up",
"maintain"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lays siege to":{
"to surround (as a fortified place) with armed forces for the purpose of capturing or preventing commerce and communication":{
"examples":[
"The military is preparing to lay siege to the city."
],
"synonyms":[
"beleaguers",
"besieges",
"blockades",
"invests",
"leaguers"
],
"near synonyms":[
"barricades",
"blocks",
"cuts off",
"dams",
"encircles",
"assails",
"assaults",
"attacks",
"besets",
"confines",
"insulates",
"isolates",
"quarantines"
],
"near antonyms":[
"emancipates",
"frees",
"liberates",
"releases",
"rescues"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"laying":{
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
"examples":[
"just lay the book over there on the table for now"
],
"synonyms":[
"deposing",
"depositing",
"disposing",
"emplacing",
"fixing",
"placing",
"positioning",
"putting",
"setting",
"setting up",
"situating",
"sticking"
],
"near synonyms":[
"moving",
"rearranging",
"reordering",
"shifting",
"orienting",
"establishing",
"locating",
"planting",
"settling",
"clapping",
"flopping",
"planking",
"plopping",
"plumping",
"plunking",
"plonking",
"plunking down",
"plonking down",
"slapping",
"ensconcing",
"niching",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"carrying",
"berthing",
"parking",
"affixing",
"anchoring",
"locking",
"lodging",
"wedging",
"arraying",
"laying out",
"lining up",
"queuing",
"queueing",
"ranking",
"setting down"
],
"near antonyms":[
"relocating",
"removing",
"taking",
"banishing",
"dislodging",
"displacing",
"replacing",
"superseding",
"supplanting"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)":{
"examples":[
"the rain was just hard enough to lay the dust in the air"
],
"synonyms":[
"sedimenting",
"settling"
],
"near synonyms":[
"filtering",
"screening",
"sieving",
"sifting",
"straining",
"clarifying",
"clearing",
"resettling"
],
"near antonyms":[
"agitating",
"disturbing",
"mixing",
"stirring"
],
"antonyms":[
"raising"
]
},
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
"examples":[
"state officials tried to lay a tax on merchandise sold over the Internet"
],
"synonyms":[
"assessing",
"charging",
"exacting",
"fining",
"imposing",
"levying",
"putting"
],
"near synonyms":[
"docking",
"excising",
"mulcting",
"penalizing",
"taxing",
"extorting",
"shaking down",
"wresting",
"wringing",
"bleeding",
"fleecing",
"gouging",
"milking",
"skinning",
"squeezing",
"coercing",
"compelling",
"forcing",
"inflicting",
"wreaking",
"setting",
"reapplying",
"reimposing",
"relaying"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abating",
"diminishing",
"lessening",
"forgiving",
"releasing",
"condoning",
"disregarding",
"excusing",
"glossing (over)",
"glozing (over)",
"ignoring",
"pardoning"
],
"antonyms":[
"remitting"
]
},
"to make ready in advance":{
"examples":[
"she's laying plans for the charity auction months ahead of time"
],
"synonyms":[
"fitting",
"fixing",
"grooming",
"preparing",
"prepping",
"readying"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bracing",
"fortifying",
"girding",
"steeling",
"battening",
"gathering",
"gearing up",
"mounting",
"educating",
"indoctrinating",
"instructing",
"schooling",
"training",
"tutoring",
"booting (up)",
"priming",
"arranging",
"setting",
"spreading",
"arming",
"equipping",
"forearming",
"furnishing",
"outfitting",
"providing",
"supplying",
"inclining",
"predisposing",
"drafting",
"drawing up",
"framing",
"warming (up)"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
"examples":[
"the mason laid mortar over the first row of bricks before starting the second"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"laying on",
"spreading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anointing",
"bedaubing",
"besmearing",
"dabbing",
"daubing",
"plastering",
"slathering",
"smearing",
"blanketing",
"carpeting",
"coating",
"covering",
"layering",
"mantling",
"overlaying",
"overlying",
"overspreading",
"sheeting",
"surfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"exposing",
"peeling",
"stripping",
"uncovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
"examples":[
"I'll lay five dollars that you can't do it"
],
"synonyms":[
"betting",
"gambling",
"going",
"playing",
"putting",
"staking",
"wagering"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bidding",
"offering",
"adventuring",
"chancing",
"hazarding",
"speculating",
"venturing",
"endangering",
"imperiling",
"imperilling",
"jeopardizing"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
"examples":[
"an electrical fire that was laid to faulty wiring"
],
"synonyms":[
"accrediting",
"ascribing",
"attributing",
"chalking up",
"crediting",
"imputing",
"putting down"
],
"near synonyms":[
"blaming",
"charging",
"fathering (on)",
"imputing (to)",
"pinning (on)",
"assigning",
"referring",
"associating",
"attaching",
"connecting",
"linking"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
"examples":[
"lay the corpse to rest"
],
"synonyms":[
"burying",
"entombing",
"hearsing",
"inhuming",
"interring",
"putting away",
"tombing"
],
"near synonyms":[
"immuring",
"inurning",
"enshrining",
"concealing",
"covering",
"ensconcing",
"hiding",
"obscuring",
"shading",
"shielding",
"cloaking",
"curtaining",
"enshrouding",
"shrouding",
"reburying",
"reinterring",
"coffining"
],
"near antonyms":[
"burning",
"cremating",
"baring",
"disclosing",
"discovering",
"displaying",
"exhibiting",
"exposing",
"revealing",
"showing",
"uncoffining"
],
"antonyms":[
"disinterring",
"exhuming",
"unearthing"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"layering":{
"to form or arrange parts or pieces of something on top of each other; to form or arrange (something) in layers":{
"examples":[
"The next step in the recipe is to layer the pasta and the sauce in the pan.",
"We layered the fruit with whipped cream and served it with cookies."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pyramiding",
"heaping",
"mounding",
"piling",
"stacking",
"banking",
"accumulating",
"amassing",
"assembling",
"collecting",
"concentrating",
"garnering",
"gathering",
"grouping",
"massing",
"bunching",
"clumping",
"lumping"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lay out":{
"the way in which something is sized, arranged, or organized":{
"examples":[
"the decorator changed the layout of the living room three times before declaring it finished"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"configuration",
"conformation",
"format",
"formation",
"setout",
"setup"
],
"near synonyms":[
"design",
"plan",
"scheme",
"composition",
"constitution",
"getup",
"makeup",
"build",
"construction",
"structure"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"the way in which the elements of something (as a work of art) are arranged":{
"examples":[
"the layout of his portraits typically consists of a finely drawn subject against a roughly sketched background"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrangement",
"composition",
"configuration",
"constellation",
"design",
"form",
"format",
"getup",
"makeup",
"ordonnance",
"pattern"
],
"near synonyms":[
"motif",
"theme"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to hand over or use up in payment":{
"examples":[
"he laid out big bucks for a new lawnmower that runs by itself"
],
"synonyms":[
"disburse",
"drop",
"expend",
"fork (over, out, or up)",
"give",
"outlay",
"pay",
"shell out",
"spend"
],
"near synonyms":[
"lavish",
"rain",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"run through",
"squander",
"throw away",
"waste"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay up",
"save",
"acquire",
"earn",
"gain",
"garner",
"make",
"procure",
"realize",
"secure",
"win"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
"examples":[
"the transatlantic balloonists laid out a backup plan in case of an emergency"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"blueprint",
"budget",
"calculate",
"chart",
"choreograph",
"design",
"frame",
"map (out)",
"organize",
"plan",
"prepare",
"project",
"scheme (out)",
"shape",
"strategize (about)"
],
"near synonyms":[
"conspire",
"contrive",
"devise",
"intrigue",
"machinate",
"plot",
"put up",
"concert",
"get up",
"draft",
"outline",
"sketch",
"aim",
"figure",
"have on",
"intend",
"mean",
"contemplate",
"meditate",
"premeditate"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to put into a particular arrangement":{
"examples":[
"plants in the botanical gardens are laid out according to biogeographic region"
],
"synonyms":[
"arrange",
"array",
"classify",
"codify",
"dispose",
"draw up",
"marshal",
"marshall",
"order",
"organize",
"range",
"systematize"
],
"near synonyms":[
"groom",
"make up",
"spruce (up)",
"straighten (up)",
"tidy (up)",
"unscramble",
"align",
"aline",
"cue",
"line",
"line up",
"queue",
"alphabetize",
"file",
"hierarchize",
"prioritize",
"sequence",
"emplace",
"place",
"set",
"display",
"map (out)",
"set out"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"derange",
"disarrange",
"disarray",
"disorder",
"mess (up)",
"muss (up)",
"rumple",
"upset"
]
},
"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
"examples":[
"for the historic celebration, the museum laid out its full collection of native artifacts"
],
"synonyms":[
"display",
"disport",
"exhibit",
"expose",
"flash",
"flaunt",
"parade",
"produce",
"show",
"show off",
"sport",
"strut",
"unveil"
],
"near synonyms":[
"brandish",
"flourish",
"wave",
"advertise",
"air",
"announce",
"blaze",
"broadcast",
"herald",
"placard",
"post",
"proclaim",
"publicize",
"sound",
"trumpet",
"divulge",
"talk (about)",
"tell (of)",
"bare",
"discover",
"reveal",
"uncloak",
"uncover",
"unmask"
],
"near antonyms":[
"camouflage",
"disguise",
"mask",
"conceal",
"cover",
"curtain",
"enshroud",
"hide",
"obscure",
"occlude",
"occult",
"shroud",
"veil"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"layings on of hands":{
"a prayer calling for divine care, protection, or favor":{
"examples":[
"The mother hoped a laying on of hands would heal her sick child."
],
"synonyms":[
"benedictions",
"benisons",
"blessings"
],
"near synonyms":[
"Godspeeds",
"appeals",
"entreaties",
"graces",
"intercessions",
"invocations",
"orisons",
"petitions",
"pleas",
"prayers",
"supplications",
"sanctifications"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[
"anathemas",
"curses",
"execrations",
"imprecations",
"maledictions"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"laying an egg":{
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"His book report was going perfectly until he laid an egg and got the main character's name wrong."
],
"synonyms":[
"blundering",
"boobing",
"erring",
"flubbing",
"fluffing",
"fouling up",
"fumbling",
"goofing (up)",
"lousing up",
"messing (up)",
"screwing up",
"slipping up",
"stumbling",
"tripping"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nodding",
"bobbling",
"botching",
"bungling",
"butchering",
"foozling",
"mangling",
"mishandling",
"muffing",
"murdering",
"miscalculating",
"misconceiving",
"miscounting",
"miscuing",
"misdeeming",
"misgauging",
"misgaging",
"misjudging",
"mistaking",
"misconstruing",
"misinterpreting",
"misunderstanding"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"The gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third."
],
"synonyms":[
"bombing",
"collapsing",
"cratering",
"failing",
"flaming out",
"flopping",
"flunking",
"folding",
"foundering",
"missing",
"striking out",
"tanking",
"washing out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"floundering",
"struggling",
"declining",
"sinking",
"skidding",
"slipping",
"slumping",
"waning",
"crashing",
"crumbling",
"miscarrying",
"misfiring",
"going under",
"imploding",
"self-destructing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooking",
"flourishing",
"prospering",
"thriving",
"prevailing",
"triumphing",
"winning"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicking",
"coming off",
"delivering",
"going",
"going over",
"panning out",
"succeeding",
"working out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"lay over":{
"a brief halt in a journey":{
"examples":[
"our flight from New York to San Francisco made a layover in Chicago"
],
"synonyms":[
"stop",
"stopover"
],
"near synonyms":[
"break",
"pause",
"rest"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to assign to a later time":{
"examples":[
"we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting"
],
"synonyms":[
"defer",
"delay",
"hold off (on)",
"hold over",
"hold up",
"postpone",
"put off",
"put over",
"remit",
"shelve"
],
"near synonyms":[
"suspend",
"hesitate",
"pause",
"stay",
"detain",
"retard",
"slow",
"extend",
"lengthen",
"prolong",
"protract",
"stretch (out)",
"wait"
],
"near antonyms":[
"act",
"deal (with)",
"decide (upon)",
"do",
"work (on)"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"lay back":{
"as in reclined":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"reclined",
"lounged",
"slouched",
"squatted",
"straddled",
"flopped",
"flumped",
"planked",
"plopped",
"plumped",
"plunked",
"plonked",
"sprawled",
"spread (out)",
"stretched (out)",
"basked",
"kicked back",
"lolled",
"relaxed",
"reposed",
"rested",
"perched",
"sat",
"set",
"splayed",
"expanded",
"extended",
"fanned (out)",
"flared (out)",
"opened",
"outspread",
"outstretched",
"unfolded",
"unfurled"
],
"near antonyms":[
"arose",
"got up",
"rose",
"stood"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lays an egg":{
"to make a mistake":{
"examples":[
"His book report was going perfectly until he laid an egg and got the main character's name wrong."
],
"synonyms":[
"blunders",
"boobs",
"errs",
"flubs",
"fluffs",
"fouls up",
"fumbles",
"goofs (up)",
"louses up",
"messes (up)",
"screws up",
"slips up",
"stumbles",
"trips"
],
"near synonyms":[
"nods",
"bobbles",
"botches",
"bungles",
"butchers",
"foozles",
"mangles",
"mishandles",
"muffs",
"murders",
"miscalculates",
"misconceives",
"miscounts",
"miscues",
"misdeems",
"misgauges",
"misjudges",
"mistakes",
"misconstrues",
"misinterprets",
"misunderstands"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to be unsuccessful":{
"examples":[
"The gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third."
],
"synonyms":[
"bombs",
"collapses",
"craters",
"fails",
"flames out",
"flops",
"flunks",
"folds",
"founders",
"misses",
"strikes out",
"tanks",
"washes out"
],
"near synonyms":[
"flounders",
"struggles",
"declines",
"sinks",
"skids",
"slips",
"slumps",
"wanes",
"crashes",
"crumbles",
"miscarries",
"misfires",
"goes under",
"implodes",
"self-destructs"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cooks",
"flourishes",
"prospers",
"thrives",
"prevails",
"triumphs",
"wins"
],
"antonyms":[
"clicks",
"comes off",
"delivers",
"goes",
"goes over",
"pans out",
"succeeds",
"works out"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"lay figures":{
"one that is or can be used to further the purposes of another":{
"examples":[
"the novel's characters are not fully fleshed humans, but are simply lay figures strutted out to serve as mouthpieces for conflicting points of view"
],
"synonyms":[
"cat's-paws",
"instruments",
"pawns",
"puppets",
"tools"
],
"near synonyms":[
"chumps",
"dupes",
"foils",
"gulls",
"suckers",
"victims",
"minions",
"stooges",
"lap dogs",
"yes-men"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"layabout":{
"a lazy person":{
"examples":[
"she regretted ever asking that layabout to be her roommate, as he created the mess of two people and refused to help with anything"
],
"synonyms":[
"couch potato",
"deadbeat",
"do-nothing",
"drone",
"idler",
"lazybones",
"loafer",
"lotus-eater",
"slouch",
"slug",
"slugabed",
"sluggard"
],
"near synonyms":[
"bum",
"good-for-nothing",
"ne'er-do-well",
"crawler",
"creeper",
"dawdler",
"laggard",
"putterer",
"slowpoke",
"snail",
"stick-in-the-mud",
"straggler",
"clock-watcher",
"goldbrick",
"malingerer",
"shirker",
"slacker",
"dallier",
"lingerer",
"loiterer",
"loller",
"lounger",
"saunterer",
"delayer",
"procrastinator",
"dropout",
"quitter"
],
"near antonyms":[
"achiever",
"comer",
"highflier",
"highflyer",
"live wire",
"powerhouse"
],
"antonyms":[
"doer",
"go-ahead",
"go-getter",
"hummer",
"hustler",
"self-starter"
]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lay low":{
"to remain out of sight":{
"examples":[
"The thief decided to lie low after a string of crimes."
],
"synonyms":[
"hid",
"holed up",
"lay",
"lurked",
"reposed",
"skulked"
],
"near synonyms":[
"slunk",
"slinked",
"sneaked",
"snuck",
"avoided",
"eluded",
"evaded"
],
"near antonyms":[
"came out",
"materialized",
"showed up",
"turned up"
],
"antonyms":[
"appeared"
]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"lays down":{
"to put into effect through legislative or authoritative action":{
"examples":[
"the city council promises to lay down new ordinances that will force dog walkers to clean up after their animals"
],
"synonyms":[
"constitutes",
"enacts",
"legislates",
"makes",
"ordains",
"passes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reenacts",
"repasses",
"brings about",
"effects",
"allows",
"authorizes",
"permits",
"sanctions",
"decrees",
"dictates",
"proclaims",
"administers",
"executes",
"approves",
"confirms",
"ratifies"
],
"near antonyms":[
"abolishes",
"abrogates",
"annuls",
"cancels",
"invalidates",
"kills",
"nullifies",
"overturns",
"reverses",
"voids"
],
"antonyms":[
"repeals",
"rescinds",
"revokes"
]
},
"to state clearly and strongly":{
"examples":[
"at the risk of their popularity, the parents laid down the rules for the party and wouldn't accept any arguments"
],
"synonyms":[
"affirms",
"asserts",
"avers",
"avouches",
"avows",
"declares",
"guarantees",
"professes"
],
"near synonyms":[
"advances",
"advertises",
"boosts",
"plugs",
"promotes",
"publicizes",
"announces",
"blazes",
"calls",
"proclaims",
"pronounces",
"says",
"accents",
"accentuates",
"emphasizes",
"stresses",
"underlines",
"underscores",
"advocates",
"champions",
"defends",
"espouses",
"supports",
"upholds",
"assures",
"convinces",
"persuades",
"explains",
"justifies",
"rationalizes",
"reaffirms",
"reasserts"
],
"near antonyms":[
"minimizes",
"understates",
"disregards",
"ignores",
"neglects",
"overlooks"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
"examples":[
"the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment"
],
"synonyms":[
"defines",
"prescribes",
"specifies"
],
"near synonyms":[
"decrees",
"dictates",
"ordains",
"assigns",
"directs",
"fixes",
"sets",
"settles",
"arranges",
"orders",
"chooses",
"selects",
"adjures",
"bids",
"charges",
"commands",
"enjoins",
"instructs",
"tells",
"conducts",
"controls",
"governs",
"leads",
"manages",
"coerces",
"compels",
"constrains",
"forces",
"obligates",
"obliges",
"requires"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to give (something) over to the control or possession of another usually under duress":{
"examples":[
"commanded the surrounded troops to lay down their weapons"
],
"synonyms":[
"cedes",
"coughs up",
"delivers",
"gives up",
"hands over",
"relinquishes",
"renders",
"surrenders",
"turns in",
"turns over",
"yields"
],
"near synonyms":[
"commits",
"consigns",
"entrusts",
"intrusts",
"transfers",
"forfeits",
"releases",
"waives",
"abnegates",
"renounces",
"resigns",
"abandons",
"deserts",
"discards",
"forsakes",
"parts (with)",
"sheds"
],
"near antonyms":[
"keeps",
"retains",
"withholds"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"laying on":{
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
"examples":[
"she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel"
],
"synonyms":[
"applying",
"laying",
"spreading"
],
"near synonyms":[
"anointing",
"bedaubing",
"besmearing",
"dabbing",
"daubing",
"plastering",
"slathering",
"smearing",
"blanketing",
"carpeting",
"coating",
"covering",
"layering",
"mantling",
"overlaying",
"overlying",
"overspreading",
"sheeting",
"surfacing"
],
"near antonyms":[
"baring",
"exposing",
"peeling",
"stripping",
"uncovering"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"to provide with a paying job":{
"examples":[
"lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District"
],
"synonyms":[
"assuming",
"employing",
"engaging",
"feeing",
"hiring",
"paying",
"placing",
"recruiting",
"retaining",
"signing (up or on)",
"taking on"
],
"near synonyms":[
"reemploying",
"re-employing",
"reengaging",
"re-engaging",
"rehiring",
"apprenticing",
"contracting",
"jobbing",
"partnering",
"subcontracting",
"enlisting",
"advancing",
"promoting",
"upgrading",
"keeping (on)",
"headhunting",
"scouting"
],
"near antonyms":[
"furloughing",
"laying off",
"locking out"
],
"antonyms":[
"axing",
"canning",
"discharging",
"dismissing",
"firing",
"sacking"
]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lay hold of":{
"to reach for and take hold of by embracing with the fingers or arms":{
"examples":[
"couldn't lay hold of the slippery shampoo bottle"
],
"synonyms":[
"clasp",
"grasp",
"grip",
"hold",
"take"
],
"near synonyms":[
"clench",
"cling (to)",
"clutch",
"hold on (to)",
"catch",
"nab",
"seize",
"snatch"
],
"near antonyms":[
"discharge",
"drop",
"free",
"liberate",
"release",
"deliver",
"entrust",
"intrust",
"give",
"hand",
"hand over",
"pass",
"relinquish",
"transfer",
"transmit",
"turn over",
"unhand"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
},
"layaway":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"the weather forecast warned of a severe storm, so we laid away a generous supply of bottled water and canned food just in case"
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay by",
"lay in",
"lay up",
"put by",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"stow",
"treasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"acquire",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"garner",
"gather",
"pick up",
"round up",
"scrape (together)",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"conserve",
"husband",
"preserve",
"bank",
"coffer",
"deposit",
"hold",
"keep",
"reserve",
"retain",
"save",
"set by",
"stock",
"withhold",
"bury",
"conceal",
"ensconce",
"secrete"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload",
"consume",
"squander",
"use up",
"waste",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"deplete",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"impoverish",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"as in installment plan":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"installment plan",
"credit",
"trust",
"charge account",
"credit line"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun",
"verb"
]
},
"layered":{
"to form or arrange parts or pieces of something on top of each other; to form or arrange (something) in layers":{
"examples":[
"The next step in the recipe is to layer the pasta and the sauce in the pan.",
"We layered the fruit with whipped cream and served it with cookies."
],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"pyramided",
"heaped",
"mounded",
"piled",
"stacked",
"banked",
"accumulated",
"amassed",
"assembled",
"collected",
"concentrated",
"garnered",
"gathered",
"grouped",
"massed",
"bunched",
"clumped",
"lumped"
],
"near antonyms":[],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
},
"lay readers":{
"as in lectors":{
"examples":[],
"synonyms":[],
"near synonyms":[
"lectors",
"laymen",
"laypeople",
"seculars",
"secular"
],
"near antonyms":[
"clergypersons",
"clericals",
"clerics",
"clerks",
"deacons",
"divines",
"dominies",
"ecclesiastics",
"ministers",
"preachers",
"priests",
"reverends",
"churchmen",
"clergymen",
"fathers",
"Holy Joes",
"padres",
"clergywomen",
"deaconesses",
"priestesses"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"noun"
]
},
"lay in":{
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
"examples":[
"be sure to lay in enough food for the long Alaska winter"
],
"synonyms":[
"cache",
"hoard",
"lay away",
"lay by",
"lay up",
"put by",
"salt away",
"squirrel (away)",
"stash",
"stockpile",
"store",
"stow",
"treasure"
],
"near synonyms":[
"accumulate",
"acquire",
"amass",
"assemble",
"collect",
"concentrate",
"garner",
"gather",
"pick up",
"round up",
"scrape (together)",
"heap",
"pile",
"stack",
"conserve",
"husband",
"preserve",
"bank",
"coffer",
"deposit",
"hold",
"keep",
"reserve",
"retain",
"save",
"set by",
"stock",
"withhold",
"bury",
"conceal",
"ensconce",
"secrete"
],
"near antonyms":[
"cast",
"discard",
"ditch",
"dump",
"fling (off or away)",
"jettison",
"throw away",
"throw out",
"unload",
"consume",
"squander",
"use up",
"waste",
"hand out",
"hand over",
"relinquish",
"surrender",
"blow",
"dissipate",
"fritter (away)",
"lavish",
"misspend",
"run through",
"spend",
"deplete",
"exhaust",
"expend",
"impoverish",
"dispel",
"disperse",
"dissipate",
"scatter"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"verb"
]
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},
"lays into":{
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
"examples":[
"His parents laid into him for wrecking the car."
],
"synonyms":[
"bastes",
"bawls out",
"berates",
"calls down",
"castigates",
"chastises",
"chews out",
"dresses down",
"flays",
"hammers",
"jaws",
"keelhauls",
"lambastes",
"lambasts",
"lectures",
"rags",
"rails (at or against)",
"rants (at)",
"rates",
"reams (out)",
"rebukes",
"reprimands",
"reproaches",
"scolds",
"scores",
"tongue-lashes",
"upbraids"
],
"near synonyms":[
"admonishes",
"chides",
"remonstrates (with)",
"reproves",
"abuses",
"assails",
"attacks",
"bad-mouths",
"blames",
"blasts",
"censures",
"condemns",
"criticizes",
"crucifies",
"denounces",
"disses",
"excoriates",
"faults",
"harangues",
"knocks",
"laces (into)",
"lashes",
"pans",
"reprehends",
"reviles",
"scourges",
"slams",
"vituperates",
"belittles",
"disparages",
"mocks",
"puts down",
"ridicules",
"scoffs",
"scorns"
],
"near antonyms":[
"approves",
"endorses",
"indorses",
"sanctions",
"extols",
"extolls",
"lauds",
"praises"
],
"antonyms":[]
},
"type":[
"phrase"
]
}
}