lay

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(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. secular, noncleric, nonprofessional. —v. t. put, place, deposit; allay, suppress; wager, bet; impose; impute, ascribe; present. —n. ballad, song (see music). See location, relief, attribution, horizontal.

II

(Roget's IV) n.

Syn. order, arrangement, situation; see position 1 .

v.

1. [To knock down]

Syn. trounce, defeat, club; see beat 2 , hit 1 .

2. [To place]

Syn. put, deposit, set; see place 1 .

3. [To put in order]

Syn. arrange, organize, systematize; see order 3 .

4. [To bring forth]

Syn. generate, deposit, yield; see produce 1 .

5. [To smooth out]

Syn. steam, lay flat, iron out; see iron , press 2 , smooth 1 .

6. [To bet]

Syn. game, wager, lay odds; see bet , gamble 1 .

7. [To work out]

Syn. devise, concoct, design; see plan 1 , 2 .

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus)

I

n.

position, layout, arrangement, configuration, form, orientation.

II

v.

1. put place, set, set down, leave, deposit, rest, position.

2. knock down fell, level, flatten, floor.

3. produce bear, bring forth, generate, deposit.

4. impose place, exact, assess, levy.

5. Sl. copulate

III

a.

amateur, nonprofessional, ordinary, secular, unschooled.

ANT.: professional

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To place (a story, for example) in a designated setting: set1. See PLACE. 2. To deposit in a specified place: place, put, set1, stick. See PLACE, RISE. 3. To place (a corpse) in or as if in a grave: bury, entomb, inhume, inter. Idiom: lay (or put) to rest. See SHOW. 4. To regard as belonging to or resulting from another: accredit, ascribe, assign, attribute, charge, credit, impute, refer. See GIVE. 5. To arrange tableware upon (a table) in preparation for a meal: set1, spread. See ORDER. 6. To form a strategy for: blueprint, cast, chart, conceive, contrive, design, devise, formulate, frame, plan, project, scheme, strategize, work out. Informal: dope out. Idiom: lay plans. See PLANNED. 7. To bring forward for formal consideration: adduce, cite, present2. Archaic: allege. See LAW, WORDS. 8. To put up as a stake in a game or speculation. Also used with down: bet, gamble, post2, put, risk, stake, venture, wager. Informal: go. See GAMBLING. 9. To make a bet: bet, gamble, game, play, wager. Idiom: put one's money on something. See GAMBLING. 10. Military. To move (a weapon or blow, for example) in the direction of someone or something: aim, cast, direct, head, level, point, set1, train, turn, zero in. See SEEK.

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(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective Not religious in subject matter, form, or use: profane, secular, temporal, worldly. See SACRED.