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7887 lines
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{
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"lay an egg":{
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"to make a mistake":{
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"examples":[
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"His book report was going perfectly until he laid an egg and got the main character's name wrong."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"blunder",
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"boob",
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"err",
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"flub",
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"fluff",
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"foul up",
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"fumble",
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"goof (up)",
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"louse up",
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"mess (up)",
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"screw up",
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"slip up",
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"stumble",
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"trip"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"nod",
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"bobble",
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"botch",
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"bungle",
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"butcher",
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"foozle",
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"mangle",
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"mishandle",
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"muff",
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"murder",
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"miscalculate",
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"misconceive",
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"miscount",
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"miscue",
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"misdeem",
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"misgauge",
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"misjudge",
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"mistake",
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"misconstrue",
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"misinterpret",
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"misunderstand"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to be unsuccessful":{
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"examples":[
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"The gymnast nailed perfect landings on her first two vaults but really laid an egg on the third."
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"bomb",
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"collapse",
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"crater",
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"fail",
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"flame out",
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"flop",
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"flunk",
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"fold",
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"founder",
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"miss",
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"strike out",
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"tank",
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"wash out"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"flounder",
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"struggle",
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"decline",
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"sink",
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"skid",
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"slip",
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"slump",
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"wane",
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"crash",
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"crumble",
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"miscarry",
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"misfire",
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"go under",
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"implode",
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"self-destruct"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cook",
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"flourish",
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"prosper",
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"thrive",
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"prevail",
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"triumph",
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"win"
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],
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"antonyms":[
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"click",
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"come off",
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"deliver",
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"go",
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"go over",
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"pan out",
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"succeed",
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"work out"
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]
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},
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"type":[
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"phrase"
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]
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},
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"lay off":{
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"the termination of the employment of an employee or a work force often temporarily":{
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"examples":[
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"even senior employees lost their jobs in the massive layoff"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"ax",
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"axe",
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"discharge",
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"dismissal",
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"furlough",
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"redundancy"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"pink slip",
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"bird",
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"boot",
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"bum's rush",
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"downsizing",
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"firing",
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"heave-ho",
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"sack",
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"closing",
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"shutdown",
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"shakeout",
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"shake-up"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"callback",
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"recall",
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"reemployment",
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"rehire",
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"rehiring"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"a period of often involuntary inactivity or idleness":{
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"examples":[
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"after such a long layoff the boxer badly needed to get back into shape"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"downtime",
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"time-out",
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"winter"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"break",
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"breath",
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"breather",
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"interruption",
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"lull",
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"pause",
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"recess",
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"abeyance",
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"doldrums",
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"dormancy",
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"latency",
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"quiescence",
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"suspense",
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"suspension"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
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"examples":[
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"you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"break",
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"break off",
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"break up",
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"can",
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"cease",
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"cut off",
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"cut out",
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"desist (from)",
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"discontinue",
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"drop",
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"end",
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"give over",
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"halt",
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"knock off",
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"leave off",
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"pack (up or in)",
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"quit",
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"shut off",
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"stop"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"complete",
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"conclude",
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"finish",
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"close (down)",
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"deactivate",
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"block",
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"blockade",
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"dam",
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"delay",
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"detain",
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"hinder",
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"hold",
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"hold back",
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"impede",
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"kibosh",
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"obstruct",
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"stem",
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"call",
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"suspend",
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"arrest",
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"brake",
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"check",
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"clamp down",
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"rein (in)",
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"squash",
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"squelch",
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"stamp",
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"stanch",
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"staunch",
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"stunt",
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"suppress",
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"turn back",
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"pause",
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"stay",
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"suspend",
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"abolish",
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"abort",
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"annul",
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"demolish",
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"destroy",
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"dissolve",
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"kill",
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"ruin",
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"scuttle",
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"snuff"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"carry on",
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"continue",
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"follow through (with)",
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"keep up",
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"run on",
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"advance",
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"proceed",
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"progress",
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"actuate",
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"drive",
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"impel",
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"propel",
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"stir"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"noun",
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"lay up":{
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"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
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"examples":[
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"an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"cache",
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"hoard",
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"lay away",
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"lay by",
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"lay in",
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"put by",
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"salt away",
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"squirrel (away)",
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"stash",
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"stockpile",
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"store",
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"stow",
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"treasure"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"accumulate",
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"acquire",
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"amass",
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"assemble",
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"collect",
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"concentrate",
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"garner",
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"gather",
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"pick up",
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"round up",
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"scrape (together)",
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"heap",
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"pile",
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"stack",
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"conserve",
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"husband",
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"preserve",
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"bank",
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"coffer",
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"deposit",
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"hold",
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"keep",
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"reserve",
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"retain",
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"save",
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"set by",
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"stock",
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"withhold",
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"bury",
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"conceal",
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"ensconce",
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"secrete"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"cast",
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"discard",
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"ditch",
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"dump",
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"fling (off or away)",
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"jettison",
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"throw away",
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"throw out",
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"unload",
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"consume",
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"squander",
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"use up",
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"waste",
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"hand out",
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"hand over",
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"relinquish",
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"surrender",
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"blow",
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"dissipate",
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"fritter (away)",
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"lavish",
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"misspend",
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"run through",
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"spend",
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"deplete",
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"exhaust",
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"expend",
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"impoverish",
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"dispel",
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"disperse",
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"dissipate",
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"scatter"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"laying off":{
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"to bring (as an action or operation) to an immediate end":{
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"examples":[
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"you need to lay off eating those jelly doughnuts, or you'll end up looking like one"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"breaking",
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"breaking off",
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"breaking up",
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"canning",
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"ceasing",
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"cutting off",
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"cutting out",
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"desisting (from)",
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"discontinuing",
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"dropping",
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"ending",
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"giving over",
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"halting",
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"knocking off",
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"leaving off",
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"packing (up or in)",
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"quitting",
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"shutting off",
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"stopping"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"completing",
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"concluding",
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"finishing",
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"closing (down)",
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"deactivating",
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"blockading",
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"blocking",
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"damming",
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"delaying",
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"detaining",
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"hindering",
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"holding",
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"holding back",
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"impeding",
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"kiboshing",
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"obstructing",
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"stemming",
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"calling",
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"suspending",
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"arresting",
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"braking",
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"checking",
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"clamping down",
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"reining (in)",
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"squashing",
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"squelching",
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"stamping",
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"stanching",
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"staunching",
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"stunting",
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"suppressing",
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"turning back",
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"pausing",
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"staying",
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"suspending",
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"abolishing",
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"aborting",
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"annulling",
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"demolishing",
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"destroying",
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"dissolving",
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"killing",
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"ruining",
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"scuttling",
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"snuffing"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"carrying on",
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"continuing",
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"following through (with)",
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"keeping up",
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"running on",
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"advancing",
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"proceeding",
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"progressing",
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"actuating",
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"driving",
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"impelling",
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"propelling",
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"stirring"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"type":[
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"verb"
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]
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},
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"laying out":{
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"to hand over or use up in payment":{
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"examples":[
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"he laid out big bucks for a new lawnmower that runs by itself"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"disbursing",
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"dropping",
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"expending",
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"forking (over, out, or up)",
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"giving",
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"outlaying",
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"paying",
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"shelling out",
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"spending"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"lavishing",
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"raining",
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"blowing",
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"dissipating",
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"frittering (away)",
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"running through",
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"squandering",
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"throwing away",
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"wasting"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"caching",
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"hoarding",
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"laying up",
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"saving",
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"acquiring",
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"earning",
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"gaining",
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"garnering",
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"making",
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"procuring",
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"realizing",
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"securing",
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"winning"
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],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to work out the details of (something) in advance":{
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"examples":[
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"the transatlantic balloonists laid out a backup plan in case of an emergency"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arranging",
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"blueprinting",
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"budgeting",
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"calculating",
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"charting",
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"choreographing",
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"designing",
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"framing",
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"mapping (out)",
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"organizing",
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"planning",
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"preparing",
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"projecting",
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"scheming (out)",
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"shaping",
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"strategizing (about)"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"conspiring",
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"contriving",
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"devising",
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"intriguing",
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"machinating",
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"plotting",
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"putting up",
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"concerting",
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"getting up",
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"drafting",
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"outlining",
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"sketching",
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"aiming",
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"figuring",
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"having on",
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"intending",
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"meaning",
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"contemplating",
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"meditating",
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"premeditating"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[]
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},
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"to put into a particular arrangement":{
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"examples":[
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"plants in the botanical gardens are laid out according to biogeographic region"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"arranging",
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"arraying",
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"classifying",
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"codifying",
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"disposing",
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"drawing up",
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"marshaling",
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"marshalling",
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"ordering",
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"organizing",
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"ranging",
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"systematizing"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"grooming",
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"making up",
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"sprucing (up)",
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"straightening (up)",
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"tidying (up)",
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"unscrambling",
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"aligning",
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"alining",
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"cuing",
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"cueing",
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"lining",
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"lining up",
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"queuing",
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"queueing",
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"alphabetizing",
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"filing",
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"hierarchizing",
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"prioritizing",
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"sequencing",
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"emplacing",
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"placing",
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"setting",
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"displaying",
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"mapping (out)",
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"setting out"
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],
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"near antonyms":[],
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"antonyms":[
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"deranging",
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"disarranging",
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"disarraying",
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"disordering",
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"messing (up)",
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"mussing (up)",
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"rumpling",
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"upsetting"
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]
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},
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"to present so as to invite notice or attention":{
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"examples":[
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"for the historic celebration, the museum laid out its full collection of native artifacts"
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],
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"synonyms":[
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"displaying",
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"disporting",
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"exhibiting",
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"exposing",
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"flashing",
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"flaunting",
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"parading",
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"producing",
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"showing",
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"showing off",
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"sporting",
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"strutting",
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"unveiling"
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],
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"near synonyms":[
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"brandishing",
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"flourishing",
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"waving",
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"advertising",
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"airing",
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"announcing",
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"blazing",
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"broadcasting",
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"heralding",
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"placarding",
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"posting",
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"proclaiming",
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"publicizing",
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"sounding",
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"trumpeting",
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"divulging",
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"talking (about)",
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"telling (of)",
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"baring",
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"discovering",
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"revealing",
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"uncloaking",
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"uncovering",
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"unmasking"
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],
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"near antonyms":[
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"camouflaging",
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"disguising",
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"masking",
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"concealing",
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"covering",
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"curtaining",
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"enshrouding",
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"hiding",
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"obscuring",
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"occluding",
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"occulting",
|
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"shrouding",
|
|
"veiling"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laying up":{
|
|
"to put (something of future use or value) in a safe or secret place":{
|
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"examples":[
|
|
"an eating disorder that would impel her to lay up candy bars in her closet for all-night food binges"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"caching",
|
|
"hoarding",
|
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"laying away",
|
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"laying by",
|
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"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",
|
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"classes",
|
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"estates",
|
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"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":[
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"defers",
|
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"delays",
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"holds off (on)",
|
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"holds over",
|
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"holds up",
|
|
"postpones",
|
|
"puts off",
|
|
"puts over",
|
|
"remits",
|
|
"shelves"
|
|
],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
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"suspends",
|
|
"hesitates",
|
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"pauses",
|
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"stays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"retards",
|
|
"slows",
|
|
"extends",
|
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"lengthens",
|
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"prolongs",
|
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"protracts",
|
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"stretches (out)",
|
|
"waits"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
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"acts",
|
|
"deals (with)",
|
|
"decides (upon)",
|
|
"does",
|
|
"works (on)"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laypeople":{
|
|
"as in laymen , seculars":{
|
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"examples":[],
|
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"synonyms":[],
|
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"near synonyms":[
|
|
"laymen",
|
|
"seculars",
|
|
"secular",
|
|
"lay readers",
|
|
"lectors"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"clergypersons",
|
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"clericals",
|
|
"clerics",
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|
"clerks",
|
|
"deacons",
|
|
"divines",
|
|
"dominies",
|
|
"ecclesiastics",
|
|
"ministers",
|
|
"preachers",
|
|
"priests",
|
|
"reverends",
|
|
"churchmen",
|
|
"clergymen",
|
|
"fathers",
|
|
"Holy Joes",
|
|
"padres",
|
|
"clergywomen",
|
|
"deaconesses",
|
|
"priestesses"
|
|
],
|
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"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
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"type":[
|
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"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laying by":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
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"examples":[
|
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"a politician who had laid by his principles years ago"
|
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],
|
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"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laying 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":[
|
|
"clasping",
|
|
"grasping",
|
|
"gripping",
|
|
"holding",
|
|
"taking"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"clenching",
|
|
"clinging (to)",
|
|
"clutching",
|
|
"holding on (to)",
|
|
"catching",
|
|
"nabbing",
|
|
"seizing",
|
|
"snatching"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"discharging",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"giving",
|
|
"handing",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"passing",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"transmitting",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"unhanding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laying 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":[
|
|
"constituting",
|
|
"enacting",
|
|
"legislating",
|
|
"making",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"passing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reenacting",
|
|
"repassing",
|
|
"bringing about",
|
|
"effecting",
|
|
"allowing",
|
|
"authorizing",
|
|
"permitting",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"administering",
|
|
"executing",
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"confirming",
|
|
"ratifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abolishing",
|
|
"abrogating",
|
|
"annulling",
|
|
"canceling",
|
|
"cancelling",
|
|
"invalidating",
|
|
"killing",
|
|
"nullifying",
|
|
"overturning",
|
|
"reversing",
|
|
"voiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"repealing",
|
|
"rescinding",
|
|
"revoking"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"affirming",
|
|
"asserting",
|
|
"averring",
|
|
"avouching",
|
|
"avowing",
|
|
"declaring",
|
|
"guaranteeing",
|
|
"professing"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"advancing",
|
|
"advertising",
|
|
"boosting",
|
|
"plugging",
|
|
"promoting",
|
|
"publicizing",
|
|
"announcing",
|
|
"blazing",
|
|
"calling",
|
|
"proclaiming",
|
|
"pronouncing",
|
|
"saying",
|
|
"accenting",
|
|
"accentuating",
|
|
"emphasizing",
|
|
"stressing",
|
|
"underlining",
|
|
"underscoring",
|
|
"advocating",
|
|
"championing",
|
|
"defending",
|
|
"espousing",
|
|
"supporting",
|
|
"upholding",
|
|
"assuring",
|
|
"convincing",
|
|
"persuading",
|
|
"explaining",
|
|
"justifying",
|
|
"rationalizing",
|
|
"reaffirming",
|
|
"reasserting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"minimizing",
|
|
"understating",
|
|
"disregarding",
|
|
"ignoring",
|
|
"neglecting",
|
|
"overlooking"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to give the rules about (something) clearly and exactly":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the supervisor laid down the procedure for a complaint of sexual harassment"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"defining",
|
|
"prescribing",
|
|
"specifying"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"decreeing",
|
|
"dictating",
|
|
"ordaining",
|
|
"assigning",
|
|
"directing",
|
|
"fixing",
|
|
"setting",
|
|
"settling",
|
|
"arranging",
|
|
"ordering",
|
|
"choosing",
|
|
"selecting",
|
|
"adjuring",
|
|
"bidding",
|
|
"charging",
|
|
"commanding",
|
|
"enjoining",
|
|
"instructing",
|
|
"telling",
|
|
"conducting",
|
|
"controlling",
|
|
"governing",
|
|
"leading",
|
|
"managing",
|
|
"coercing",
|
|
"compelling",
|
|
"constraining",
|
|
"forcing",
|
|
"obligating",
|
|
"obliging",
|
|
"requiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"ceding",
|
|
"coughing up",
|
|
"delivering",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"handing over",
|
|
"relinquishing",
|
|
"rendering",
|
|
"surrendering",
|
|
"turning in",
|
|
"turning over",
|
|
"yielding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"committing",
|
|
"consigning",
|
|
"entrusting",
|
|
"intrusting",
|
|
"transferring",
|
|
"forfeiting",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"waiving",
|
|
"abnegating",
|
|
"renouncing",
|
|
"resigning",
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"deserting",
|
|
"discarding",
|
|
"forsaking",
|
|
"parting (with)",
|
|
"shedding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"retaining",
|
|
"withholding"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lays 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":[
|
|
"breaks",
|
|
"breaks off",
|
|
"breaks up",
|
|
"cans",
|
|
"ceases",
|
|
"cuts off",
|
|
"cuts out",
|
|
"desists (from)",
|
|
"discontinues",
|
|
"drops",
|
|
"ends",
|
|
"gives over",
|
|
"halts",
|
|
"knocks off",
|
|
"leaves off",
|
|
"packs (up or in)",
|
|
"quits",
|
|
"shuts off",
|
|
"stops"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"completes",
|
|
"concludes",
|
|
"finishes",
|
|
"closes (down)",
|
|
"deactivates",
|
|
"blockades",
|
|
"blocks",
|
|
"dams",
|
|
"delays",
|
|
"detains",
|
|
"hinders",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"impedes",
|
|
"kiboshes",
|
|
"obstructs",
|
|
"stems",
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"arrests",
|
|
"brakes",
|
|
"checks",
|
|
"clamps down",
|
|
"reins (in)",
|
|
"squashes",
|
|
"squelches",
|
|
"stamps",
|
|
"stanches",
|
|
"staunches",
|
|
"stunts",
|
|
"suppresses",
|
|
"turns back",
|
|
"pauses",
|
|
"stays",
|
|
"suspends",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"aborts",
|
|
"annuls",
|
|
"demolishes",
|
|
"destroys",
|
|
"dissolves",
|
|
"kills",
|
|
"ruins",
|
|
"scuttles",
|
|
"snuffs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"carries on",
|
|
"continues",
|
|
"follows through (with)",
|
|
"keeps up",
|
|
"runs on",
|
|
"advances",
|
|
"proceeds",
|
|
"progresses",
|
|
"actuates",
|
|
"drives",
|
|
"impels",
|
|
"propels",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lay reader":{
|
|
"as in lector":{
|
|
"examples":[],
|
|
"synonyms":[],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"lector",
|
|
"layman",
|
|
"layperson",
|
|
"secular"
|
|
],
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lay on":{
|
|
"to put a layer of on a surface":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"apply",
|
|
"lay",
|
|
"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 provide with a paying job":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assume",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"engage",
|
|
"fee",
|
|
"hire",
|
|
"pay",
|
|
"place",
|
|
"recruit",
|
|
"retain",
|
|
"sign (up or on)",
|
|
"take on"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"reemploy",
|
|
"reengage",
|
|
"rehire",
|
|
"apprentice",
|
|
"contract",
|
|
"job",
|
|
"partner",
|
|
"subcontract",
|
|
"enlist",
|
|
"advance",
|
|
"promote",
|
|
"upgrade",
|
|
"keep (on)",
|
|
"headhunt",
|
|
"scout"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"furlough",
|
|
"lay off",
|
|
"lock out"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"ax",
|
|
"axe",
|
|
"can",
|
|
"discharge",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"fire",
|
|
"sack"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laying into":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His parents laid into him for wrecking the car."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"basting",
|
|
"bawling out",
|
|
"berating",
|
|
"calling down",
|
|
"castigating",
|
|
"chastising",
|
|
"chewing out",
|
|
"dressing down",
|
|
"flaying",
|
|
"hammering",
|
|
"jawing",
|
|
"keelhauling",
|
|
"lambasting",
|
|
"lecturing",
|
|
"ragging",
|
|
"railing (at or against)",
|
|
"ranting (at)",
|
|
"rating",
|
|
"reaming (out)",
|
|
"rebuking",
|
|
"reprimanding",
|
|
"reproaching",
|
|
"scolding",
|
|
"scoring",
|
|
"tongue-lashing",
|
|
"upbraiding"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonishing",
|
|
"chiding",
|
|
"remonstrating (with)",
|
|
"reproving",
|
|
"abusing",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"bad-mouthing",
|
|
"blaming",
|
|
"blasting",
|
|
"censuring",
|
|
"condemning",
|
|
"criticizing",
|
|
"crucifying",
|
|
"denouncing",
|
|
"dissing",
|
|
"excoriating",
|
|
"faulting",
|
|
"haranguing",
|
|
"knocking",
|
|
"lacing (into)",
|
|
"lashing",
|
|
"panning",
|
|
"reprehending",
|
|
"reviling",
|
|
"scourging",
|
|
"slamming",
|
|
"vituperating",
|
|
"belittling",
|
|
"disparaging",
|
|
"mocking",
|
|
"putting down",
|
|
"ridiculing",
|
|
"scoffing",
|
|
"scorning"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approving",
|
|
"endorsing",
|
|
"indorsing",
|
|
"sanctioning",
|
|
"extolling",
|
|
"lauding",
|
|
"praising"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laying 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":[
|
|
"beleaguering",
|
|
"besieging",
|
|
"blockading",
|
|
"investing",
|
|
"leaguering"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricading",
|
|
"blocking",
|
|
"cutting off",
|
|
"damming",
|
|
"encircling",
|
|
"assailing",
|
|
"assaulting",
|
|
"attacking",
|
|
"besetting",
|
|
"confining",
|
|
"insulating",
|
|
"isolating",
|
|
"quarantining"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipating",
|
|
"freeing",
|
|
"liberating",
|
|
"releasing",
|
|
"rescuing"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"layover":{
|
|
"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 into":{
|
|
"to criticize (someone) severely or angrily especially for personal failings":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"His parents laid into him for wrecking the car."
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"baste",
|
|
"bawl out",
|
|
"berate",
|
|
"call down",
|
|
"castigate",
|
|
"chastise",
|
|
"chew out",
|
|
"dress down",
|
|
"flay",
|
|
"hammer",
|
|
"jaw",
|
|
"keelhaul",
|
|
"lambaste",
|
|
"lambast",
|
|
"lecture",
|
|
"rag",
|
|
"rail (at or against)",
|
|
"rant (at)",
|
|
"rate",
|
|
"ream (out)",
|
|
"rebuke",
|
|
"reprimand",
|
|
"reproach",
|
|
"scold",
|
|
"score",
|
|
"tongue-lash",
|
|
"upbraid"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"admonish",
|
|
"chide",
|
|
"remonstrate (with)",
|
|
"reprove",
|
|
"abuse",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"bad-mouth",
|
|
"blame",
|
|
"blast",
|
|
"censure",
|
|
"condemn",
|
|
"criticize",
|
|
"crucify",
|
|
"denounce",
|
|
"dis",
|
|
"diss",
|
|
"excoriate",
|
|
"fault",
|
|
"harangue",
|
|
"knock",
|
|
"lace (into)",
|
|
"lash",
|
|
"pan",
|
|
"reprehend",
|
|
"revile",
|
|
"scourge",
|
|
"slam",
|
|
"vituperate",
|
|
"belittle",
|
|
"disparage",
|
|
"mock",
|
|
"put down",
|
|
"ridicule",
|
|
"scoff",
|
|
"scorn"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"approve",
|
|
"endorse",
|
|
"indorse",
|
|
"sanction",
|
|
"extol",
|
|
"extoll",
|
|
"laud",
|
|
"praise"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lays by":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician who had laid by his principles years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashiers",
|
|
"casts (off)",
|
|
"chucks",
|
|
"deep-sixes",
|
|
"discards",
|
|
"ditches",
|
|
"dumps",
|
|
"eighty-sixes",
|
|
"86es",
|
|
"exorcises",
|
|
"exorcizes",
|
|
"flings (off or away)",
|
|
"jettisons",
|
|
"junks",
|
|
"loses",
|
|
"pitches",
|
|
"rejects",
|
|
"scraps",
|
|
"sheds",
|
|
"shucks (off)",
|
|
"sloughs (off)",
|
|
"sluffs (off)",
|
|
"throws away",
|
|
"throws out",
|
|
"tosses",
|
|
"unloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandons",
|
|
"abdicates",
|
|
"deserts",
|
|
"forsakes",
|
|
"dismisses",
|
|
"kicks out",
|
|
"abolishes",
|
|
"annihilates",
|
|
"eliminates",
|
|
"eradicates",
|
|
"expunges",
|
|
"exterminates",
|
|
"extinguishes",
|
|
"extirpates",
|
|
"liquidates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"roots (out)",
|
|
"stamps (out)",
|
|
"wipes out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopts",
|
|
"embraces",
|
|
"takes on",
|
|
"employs",
|
|
"uses",
|
|
"utilizes",
|
|
"holds",
|
|
"holds back",
|
|
"keeps",
|
|
"retains"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays away",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laying off (of)":{
|
|
"to stop doing (something) permanently":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we warned him to lay off of the cigarette smoking"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"abandoning",
|
|
"discontinuing",
|
|
"dropping",
|
|
"giving up",
|
|
"knocking off",
|
|
"packing (up or in)",
|
|
"quitting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"breaking off",
|
|
"breaking up",
|
|
"ceasing",
|
|
"closing",
|
|
"concluding",
|
|
"ending",
|
|
"expiring",
|
|
"finishing",
|
|
"halting",
|
|
"leaving off",
|
|
"shutting off",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"tapering off",
|
|
"throwing up",
|
|
"rounding (off or out)",
|
|
"terminating",
|
|
"winding up",
|
|
"wrapping up"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"going",
|
|
"running on",
|
|
"hanging in",
|
|
"hanging on",
|
|
"holding on",
|
|
"persevering",
|
|
"persisting",
|
|
"following through (with)",
|
|
"renewing",
|
|
"reopening",
|
|
"restarting",
|
|
"resuming",
|
|
"preserving",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"beginning",
|
|
"commencing",
|
|
"starting"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"carrying on",
|
|
"continuing",
|
|
"keeping",
|
|
"keeping up",
|
|
"maintaining"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lays":{
|
|
"to arrange something in a certain spot or position":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"just lay the book over there on the table for now"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deposes",
|
|
"deposits",
|
|
"disposes",
|
|
"emplaces",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"sets up",
|
|
"situates",
|
|
"sticks"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"moves",
|
|
"rearranges",
|
|
"reorders",
|
|
"shifts",
|
|
"orients",
|
|
"establishes",
|
|
"locates",
|
|
"plants",
|
|
"settles",
|
|
"claps",
|
|
"flops",
|
|
"planks",
|
|
"plops",
|
|
"plumps",
|
|
"plunks",
|
|
"plonks",
|
|
"plunks down",
|
|
"slaps",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"niches",
|
|
"assembles",
|
|
"collects",
|
|
"carries",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"parks",
|
|
"affixes",
|
|
"anchors",
|
|
"locks",
|
|
"lodges",
|
|
"wedges",
|
|
"arrays",
|
|
"lays out",
|
|
"lines up",
|
|
"queues",
|
|
"ranks",
|
|
"sets down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"relocates",
|
|
"removes",
|
|
"takes",
|
|
"banishes",
|
|
"dislodges",
|
|
"displaces",
|
|
"replaces",
|
|
"supersedes",
|
|
"supplants"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"sediments",
|
|
"settles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"filters",
|
|
"screens",
|
|
"sieves",
|
|
"sifts",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"clarifies",
|
|
"clears",
|
|
"resettles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"agitates",
|
|
"disturbs",
|
|
"mixes",
|
|
"stirs"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"raises"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to establish or apply as a charge or penalty":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"state officials tried to lay a tax on merchandise sold over the Internet"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"assesses",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"exacts",
|
|
"fines",
|
|
"imposes",
|
|
"levies",
|
|
"puts"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"docks",
|
|
"excises",
|
|
"mulcts",
|
|
"penalizes",
|
|
"taxes",
|
|
"extorts",
|
|
"shakes down",
|
|
"wrests",
|
|
"wrings",
|
|
"bleeds",
|
|
"fleeces",
|
|
"gouges",
|
|
"milks",
|
|
"skins",
|
|
"squeezes",
|
|
"coerces",
|
|
"compels",
|
|
"forces",
|
|
"inflicts",
|
|
"wreaks",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"reapplies",
|
|
"reimposes",
|
|
"relays"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"abates",
|
|
"diminishes",
|
|
"lessens",
|
|
"forgives",
|
|
"releases",
|
|
"condones",
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"excuses",
|
|
"glosses (over)",
|
|
"glozes (over)",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"pardons"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"remits"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"to make ready in advance":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"she's laying plans for the charity auction months ahead of time"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"fits",
|
|
"fixes",
|
|
"grooms",
|
|
"prepares",
|
|
"preps",
|
|
"readies"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"braces",
|
|
"fortifies",
|
|
"girds",
|
|
"steels",
|
|
"battens",
|
|
"gathers",
|
|
"gears up",
|
|
"mounts",
|
|
"educates",
|
|
"indoctrinates",
|
|
"instructs",
|
|
"schools",
|
|
"trains",
|
|
"tutors",
|
|
"boots (up)",
|
|
"primes",
|
|
"arranges",
|
|
"sets",
|
|
"spreads",
|
|
"arms",
|
|
"equips",
|
|
"forearms",
|
|
"furnishes",
|
|
"outfits",
|
|
"provides",
|
|
"supplies",
|
|
"inclines",
|
|
"predisposes",
|
|
"drafts",
|
|
"draws up",
|
|
"frames",
|
|
"warms (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":[
|
|
"applies",
|
|
"lays on",
|
|
"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 risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"I'll lay five dollars that you can't do it"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"bets",
|
|
"gambles",
|
|
"goes",
|
|
"plays",
|
|
"puts",
|
|
"stakes",
|
|
"wagers"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"bids",
|
|
"offers",
|
|
"adventures",
|
|
"chances",
|
|
"hazards",
|
|
"speculates",
|
|
"ventures",
|
|
"endangers",
|
|
"imperils",
|
|
"jeopardizes"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to explain (something) as being the result of something else":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"an electrical fire that was laid to faulty wiring"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"accredits",
|
|
"ascribes",
|
|
"attributes",
|
|
"chalks up",
|
|
"credits",
|
|
"imputes",
|
|
"puts down"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"blames",
|
|
"charges",
|
|
"fathers (on)",
|
|
"imputes (to)",
|
|
"pins (on)",
|
|
"assigns",
|
|
"refers",
|
|
"associates",
|
|
"attaches",
|
|
"connects",
|
|
"links"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"lay the corpse to rest"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"buries",
|
|
"entombs",
|
|
"hearses",
|
|
"inhumes",
|
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"inters",
|
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"puts away",
|
|
"tombs"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"immures",
|
|
"inurns",
|
|
"enshrines",
|
|
"conceals",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"ensconces",
|
|
"hides",
|
|
"obscures",
|
|
"shades",
|
|
"shields",
|
|
"cloaks",
|
|
"curtains",
|
|
"enshrouds",
|
|
"shrouds",
|
|
"reburies",
|
|
"reinters",
|
|
"coffins"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"burns",
|
|
"cremates",
|
|
"bares",
|
|
"discloses",
|
|
"discovers",
|
|
"displays",
|
|
"exhibits",
|
|
"exposes",
|
|
"reveals",
|
|
"shows",
|
|
"uncoffins"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[
|
|
"disinters",
|
|
"exhumes",
|
|
"unearths"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"the minstrel strummed a cheerful lay on his lute"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"airs",
|
|
"melodies",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"strains",
|
|
"tunes",
|
|
"warbles"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"cadences",
|
|
"measures",
|
|
"meters",
|
|
"rhythms",
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"madrigals"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"ballads",
|
|
"ditties",
|
|
"jingles",
|
|
"lyrics",
|
|
"songs",
|
|
"vocals"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"anthems",
|
|
"cantatas",
|
|
"canticles",
|
|
"carols",
|
|
"chorales",
|
|
"hymns",
|
|
"noels",
|
|
"psalms",
|
|
"spirituals",
|
|
"dirges",
|
|
"laments",
|
|
"requiems",
|
|
"threnodies",
|
|
"hallelujahs",
|
|
"paeans",
|
|
"arias",
|
|
"arie",
|
|
"art songs",
|
|
"barcaroles",
|
|
"barcarolles",
|
|
"blues",
|
|
"chansons",
|
|
"chanteys",
|
|
"chanties",
|
|
"shanties",
|
|
"chants",
|
|
"choruses",
|
|
"croons",
|
|
"descants",
|
|
"discants",
|
|
"folk songs",
|
|
"glees",
|
|
"lullabies",
|
|
"madrigals",
|
|
"motets",
|
|
"part-songs",
|
|
"pops",
|
|
"rockers",
|
|
"roundelays",
|
|
"rounds",
|
|
"serenades",
|
|
"standards",
|
|
"drinking songs",
|
|
"fight songs",
|
|
"torch songs",
|
|
"covers",
|
|
"medleys",
|
|
"remixes"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"callings",
|
|
"employments",
|
|
"games",
|
|
"lines",
|
|
"occupations",
|
|
"professions",
|
|
"trades",
|
|
"vocations",
|
|
"works"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"calls",
|
|
"lifeworks",
|
|
"businesses",
|
|
"enterprises",
|
|
"fields",
|
|
"livelihoods",
|
|
"livings",
|
|
"m\u00e9tiers",
|
|
"metiers",
|
|
"rackets",
|
|
"assignments",
|
|
"engagements",
|
|
"gigs",
|
|
"missions",
|
|
"arts",
|
|
"crafts",
|
|
"handcrafts",
|
|
"handicrafts",
|
|
"appointments",
|
|
"berths",
|
|
"billets",
|
|
"offices",
|
|
"places",
|
|
"positions",
|
|
"posts",
|
|
"situations",
|
|
"duties",
|
|
"functions",
|
|
"jobs",
|
|
"loads",
|
|
"tasks",
|
|
"workloads"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"avocations",
|
|
"hobbies",
|
|
"pursuits"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun",
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lays 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":[
|
|
"caches",
|
|
"hoards",
|
|
"lays away",
|
|
"lays by",
|
|
"lays in",
|
|
"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"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lay by":{
|
|
"to get rid of as useless or unwanted":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"a politician who had laid by his principles years ago"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"cashier",
|
|
"cast (off)",
|
|
"chuck",
|
|
"deep-six",
|
|
"discard",
|
|
"ditch",
|
|
"dump",
|
|
"eighty-six",
|
|
"86",
|
|
"exorcise",
|
|
"exorcize",
|
|
"fling (off or away)",
|
|
"jettison",
|
|
"junk",
|
|
"lose",
|
|
"pitch",
|
|
"reject",
|
|
"scrap",
|
|
"shed",
|
|
"shuck (off)",
|
|
"slough (off)",
|
|
"sluff (off)",
|
|
"throw away",
|
|
"throw out",
|
|
"toss",
|
|
"unload"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"abandon",
|
|
"abdicate",
|
|
"desert",
|
|
"forsake",
|
|
"dismiss",
|
|
"kick out",
|
|
"abolish",
|
|
"annihilate",
|
|
"eliminate",
|
|
"eradicate",
|
|
"expunge",
|
|
"exterminate",
|
|
"extinguish",
|
|
"extirpate",
|
|
"liquidate",
|
|
"remove",
|
|
"root (out)",
|
|
"stamp (out)",
|
|
"wipe out"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"adopt",
|
|
"embrace",
|
|
"take on",
|
|
"employ",
|
|
"use",
|
|
"utilize",
|
|
"hold",
|
|
"hold back",
|
|
"keep",
|
|
"retain"
|
|
],
|
|
"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":[
|
|
"cache",
|
|
"hoard",
|
|
"lay away",
|
|
"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":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lay 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":[
|
|
"beleaguer",
|
|
"besiege",
|
|
"blockade",
|
|
"invest",
|
|
"leaguer"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"barricade",
|
|
"block",
|
|
"cut off",
|
|
"dam",
|
|
"encircle",
|
|
"assail",
|
|
"assault",
|
|
"attack",
|
|
"beset",
|
|
"confine",
|
|
"insulate",
|
|
"isolate",
|
|
"quarantine"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"emancipate",
|
|
"free",
|
|
"liberate",
|
|
"release",
|
|
"rescue"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lays 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":[
|
|
"beholds",
|
|
"catches",
|
|
"descries",
|
|
"discerns",
|
|
"distinguishes",
|
|
"espies",
|
|
"eyes",
|
|
"looks (at)",
|
|
"notes",
|
|
"notices",
|
|
"observes",
|
|
"perceives",
|
|
"regards",
|
|
"remarks",
|
|
"sees",
|
|
"sights",
|
|
"spies",
|
|
"spots",
|
|
"views",
|
|
"witnesses"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"identifies",
|
|
"makes out",
|
|
"picks out",
|
|
"picks up",
|
|
"attends (to)",
|
|
"considers",
|
|
"heeds",
|
|
"marks",
|
|
"minds",
|
|
"studies",
|
|
"watches",
|
|
"examines",
|
|
"inspects",
|
|
"scans",
|
|
"scrutinizes",
|
|
"surveys",
|
|
"glances (at)",
|
|
"glimpses",
|
|
"peers (at)"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"disregards",
|
|
"ignores",
|
|
"neglects",
|
|
"overpasses",
|
|
"passes over",
|
|
"misses",
|
|
"overlooks"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"phrase"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"lay figure":{
|
|
"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-paw",
|
|
"instrument",
|
|
"pawn",
|
|
"puppet",
|
|
"tool"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"chump",
|
|
"dupe",
|
|
"foil",
|
|
"gull",
|
|
"sucker",
|
|
"victim",
|
|
"minion",
|
|
"stooge",
|
|
"lap dog",
|
|
"yes-man"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"noun"
|
|
]
|
|
},
|
|
"laying over":{
|
|
"to assign to a later time":{
|
|
"examples":[
|
|
"we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting"
|
|
],
|
|
"synonyms":[
|
|
"deferring",
|
|
"delaying",
|
|
"holding off (on)",
|
|
"holding over",
|
|
"holding up",
|
|
"postponing",
|
|
"putting off",
|
|
"putting over",
|
|
"remitting",
|
|
"shelving"
|
|
],
|
|
"near synonyms":[
|
|
"suspending",
|
|
"hesitating",
|
|
"pausing",
|
|
"staying",
|
|
"detaining",
|
|
"retarding",
|
|
"slowing",
|
|
"extending",
|
|
"lengthening",
|
|
"prolonging",
|
|
"protracting",
|
|
"stretching (out)",
|
|
"waiting"
|
|
],
|
|
"near antonyms":[
|
|
"acting",
|
|
"dealing (with)",
|
|
"deciding (upon)",
|
|
"doing",
|
|
"working (on)"
|
|
],
|
|
"antonyms":[]
|
|
},
|
|
"type":[
|
|
"verb"
|
|
]
|
|
}
|
|
} |