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| n. (communication) | 1. ballad, lay | a narrative song with a recurrent refrain. |
| ~ song, vocal | a short musical composition with words.; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" |
| ~ minstrelsy | ballads sung by minstrels. |
| n. (communication) | 2. ballad, lay | a narrative poem of popular origin. |
| ~ poem, verse form | a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines. |
| ~ edda | either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandinavian mythology. |
| v. (contact) | 3. lay, place, pose, position, put, set | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ put in, inclose, insert, stick in, introduce, enclose | introduce.; "Insert your ticket here" |
| ~ docket | place on the docket for legal action.; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried" |
| ~ cock | set the trigger of a firearm back for firing. |
| ~ postpose | place after another constituent in the sentence.; "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them" |
| ~ prepose | place before another constituent in the sentence.; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them" |
| ~ step | place (a ship's mast) in its step. |
| ~ put back, replace | put something back where it belongs.; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" |
| ~ stratify | form, arrange, or deposit in layers.; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses" |
| ~ plant | place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive.; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment" |
| ~ intersperse | place at intervals in or among.; "intersperse exclamation marks in the text" |
| ~ snuggle, nestle | position comfortably.; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" |
| ~ pile | place or lay as if in a pile.; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested" |
| ~ arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order.; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" |
| ~ superimpose, lay over, superpose | place on top of.; "can you superimpose the two images?" |
| ~ superpose | place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide. |
| ~ park | place temporarily.; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker" |
| ~ ensconce, settle | fix firmly.; "He ensconced himself in the chair" |
| ~ dispose | place or put in a particular order.; "the dots are unevenly disposed" |
| ~ emplace | put into place or position.; "the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar" |
| ~ emplace | provide a new emplacement for guns. |
| ~ ship | place on board a ship.; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel" |
| ~ underlay | put (something) under or beneath.; "They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper" |
| ~ trench | set, plant, or bury in a trench.; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables" |
| ~ pigeonhole | place into a small compartment. |
| ~ shelve | place on a shelf.; "shelve books" |
| ~ jar | place in a cylindrical vessel.; "jar the jam" |
| ~ repose | to put something (eg trust) in something.; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King" |
| ~ sign | place signs, as along a road.; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed" |
| ~ middle | put in the middle. |
| ~ parallelize | place parallel to one another. |
| ~ butt | place end to end without overlapping.; "The frames must be butted at the joints" |
| ~ recess | put into a recess.; "recess lights" |
| ~ reposition | place into another position. |
| ~ throw, thrust | place or put with great energy.; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" |
| ~ tee, tee up | place on a tee.; "tee golf balls" |
| ~ rack up | place in a rack.; "rack pool balls" |
| ~ coffin | place into a coffin.; "her body was coffined" |
| ~ bed | put to bed.; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" |
| ~ appose | place side by side or in close proximity. |
| ~ place down, put down, set down | cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place.; "set down your bags here" |
| ~ sow, seed | place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth.; "She sowed sunflower seeds" |
| ~ misplace | place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position.; "misplaced modifiers" |
| ~ juxtapose | place side by side.; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors" |
| ~ set down | put or settle into a position.; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley" |
| ~ bottle | put into bottles.; "bottle the mineral water" |
| ~ bucket | put into a bucket. |
| ~ barrel | put in barrels. |
| ~ ground | place or put on the ground. |
| ~ pillow, rest | rest on or as if on a pillow.; "pillow your head" |
| ~ mislay, misplace, lose | place (something) where one cannot find it again.; "I misplaced my eyeglasses" |
| ~ upend | set, turn, or stand on end.; "upend the box and empty the contents" |
| ~ seat, sit down, sit | show to a seat; assign a seat for.; "The host seated me next to Mrs. Smith" |
| ~ seat | place in or on a seat.; "the mother seated the toddler on the high chair" |
| ~ lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position.; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
| ~ place upright, stand up, stand | put into an upright position.; "Can you stand the bookshelf up?" |
| ~ recline | cause to recline.; "She reclined her head on the pillow" |
| ~ plant, set | put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground.; "Let's plant flowers in the garden" |
| ~ instal, install, put in, set up | set up for use.; "install the washer and dryer"; "We put in a new sink" |
| ~ posit, situate, deposit, fix | put (something somewhere) firmly.; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot" |
| ~ ladle | put (a liquid) into a container by means of a ladle.; "ladle soup into the bowl" |
| ~ poise | cause to be balanced or suspended. |
| ~ lean | cause to lean or incline.; "He leaned his rifle against the wall" |
| ~ clap | put quickly or forcibly.; "The judge clapped him in jail" |
| ~ rest | put something in a resting position, as for support or steadying.; "Rest your head on my shoulder" |
| ~ perch | cause to perch or sit.; "She perched her hat on her head" |
| ~ load | put (something) on a structure or conveyance.; "load the bags onto the trucks" |
| ~ cram | put something somewhere so that the space is completely filled.; "cram books into the suitcase" |
| ~ set | put into a position that will restore a normal state.; "set a broken bone" |
| ~ siphon | move a liquid from one container into another by means of a siphon or a siphoning action.; "siphon gas into the tank" |
| ~ seat | place or attach firmly in or on a base.; "seat the camera on the tripod" |
| ~ move, displace | cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense.; "Move those boxes into the corner, please"; "I'm moving my money to another bank"; "The director moved more responsibilities onto his new assistant" |
| ~ position | cause to be in an appropriate place, state, or relation. |
| ~ glycerolise, glycerolize | place in glycerol. |
| ~ space | place at intervals.; "Space the interviews so that you have some time between the different candidates" |
| ~ marshal | place in proper rank.; "marshal the troops" |
| ~ settle, settle down | settle into a position, usually on a surface or ground.; "dust settled on the roofs" |
| ~ throw | to put into a state or activity hastily, suddenly, or carelessly.; "Jane threw dinner together"; "throw the car into reverse" |
| ~ imbricate | place so as to overlap.; "imbricate the roof tiles" |
| v. (contact) | 4. lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position.; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
| ~ lay, place, put, set, position, pose | put into a certain place or abstract location.; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" |
| ~ rail | lay with rails.; "hundreds of miles were railed out here" |
| ~ lay | lay eggs.; "This hen doesn't lay" |
| ~ blow | lay eggs.; "certain insects are said to blow" |
| ~ lie | be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position.; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf" |
| ~ entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest, bury | place in a grave or tomb.; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" |
| ~ rebury | bury again.; "After the king's body had been exhumed and tested to traces of poison, it was reburied in the same spot" |
| v. (creation) | 5. lay | prepare or position for action or operation.; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan" |
| ~ machinate, devise, prepare, organise, organize, get up | arrange by systematic planning and united effort.; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office" |
| v. (contact) | 6. lay | lay eggs.; "This hen doesn't lay" |
| ~ spawn | lay spawn.; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn" |
| ~ lay, put down, repose | put in a horizontal position.; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" |
| v. (possession) | 7. lay | impose as a duty, burden, or punishment.; "lay a responsibility on someone" |
| ~ levy, impose | impose and collect.; "levy a fine" |
| adj. | 8. laic, lay, secular | characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy.; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry" |
| ~ profane, secular | not concerned with or devoted to religion.; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment" |
| adj. | 9. lay | not of or from a profession.; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease" |
| ~ nonprofessional | not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain.; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors" |
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