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.
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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.