(lay-ing) 2 syllables

Definition

verb. putting something down in a flat position.

Example Sentence

He is laying his book on the table. OR The platypus is an egg laying mammal.

More Example Sentences

She is laying the book on the table.

Synonyms

placing; setting; positioning

Antonyms

picking up; raising; lifting

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Rhymes

  • baying
  • fraying
  • graying
  • haying
  • heying
  • laying
  • paying
  • playing
  • praying
  • preying
  • saying
  • slaying
  • spraying
  • staying
  • straying
  • swaying
  • weighing

  • allaying
  • betraying
  • buffeting
  • conveying
  • crocheting
  • decaying
  • delaying
  • dismaying
  • displaying
  • doomsaying
  • nonpaying
  • obeying
  • portraying
  • prepaying
  • repaying
  • replaying
  • surveying

  • disobeying
  • overplaying