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Lay Over (Verb)

Meaning 1

Interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight; "We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil".

Classification

Verbs of being, having, spatial relations.

Examples

  • The train passengers were forced to lay over in the station due to the bad weather.
  • Unfortunately, our flight was delayed and we had to lay over in Tokyo for a night.
  • The truck driver decided to lay over at a nearby motel to avoid driving through the fog.
  • We lay over for a few hours in London on our way back to the United States from Paris.
  • During the marathon trip, the family chose to lay over in New York City to visit some friends.

Synonyms

  • Stop Over

Hypernyms

  • Stop Over

Related Words

  • Layover (noun)

Meaning 2

Place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?".

Classification

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Examples

  • You can lay the transparent image over the background in Photoshop to create the desired effect.
  • The engineer had to lay the new design over the existing diagram to visualize the changes.
  • Please lay the company logo over the video to watermark it.
  • To create the required visual, you need to lay the text over the image and adjust the opacity.
  • She will lay the new pattern over the old map to update the information displayed.

Synonyms

  • Superimpose
  • Superpose

Hypernyms

  • Position
  • Put
  • Pose
  • Set
  • Lay

Hyponyms

  • Develop
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