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- [ley bak]
- /leɪ bæk/
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- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
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- [ley bak]
- /leɪ bæk/
Definitions of lay back words
- verb with object lay back to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk. 1
- verb with object lay back to knock or beat down, as from an erect position; strike or throw to the ground: One punch laid him low. 1
- verb with object lay back to put or place in a particular position: The dog laid its ears back. 1
- verb with object lay back to cause to be in a particular state or condition: Their motives were laid bare. 1
- verb with object lay back to set, place, or apply (often followed by to or on): to lay hands on a child. 1
- verb with object lay back to dispose or place in proper position or in an orderly fashion: to lay bricks. 1
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Origin of lay back
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English layen, leggen, Old English lecgan (causative of licgan to lie2); cognate with Dutch leggen, German legen, Old Norse legja, Gothic lagjan
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Parts of speech for Lay back
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
lay back popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
lay back usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for lay back
verb lay back
- slow — moving or proceeding with little or less than usual speed or velocity: a slow train.
- slacken — If something slackens or if you slacken it, it becomes slower, less active, or less intense.
- ebb — the flowing back of the tide as the water returns to the sea (opposed to flood, flow).
- wane — to decrease in strength, intensity, etc.: Daylight waned, and night came on. Her enthusiasm for the cause is waning.
- dwindle — to become smaller and smaller; shrink; waste away: His vast fortune has dwindled away.
Antonyms for lay back
verb lay back
- increase — to make greater, as in number, size, strength, or quality; augment; add to: to increase taxes.
- grow — to increase by natural development, as any living organism or part by assimilation of nutriment; increase in size or substance.
- incite — to stir, encourage, or urge on; stimulate or prompt to action: to incite a crowd to riot.
- amplify — If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- intensify — to make intense or more intense.
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