All lay on synonyms
lay on
L l verb lay on
- serve β to act as a servant.
- carry too far β to take or support from one place to another; convey; transport: He carried her for a mile in his arms. This elevator cannot carry more than ten people.
- fawn β a young deer, especially an unweaned one.
- provide β to make available; furnish: to provide employees with various benefits.
- grant β to bestow or confer, especially by a formal act: to grant a charter.
- contribute β If you contribute to something, you say or do things to help to make it successful.
- give away β to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- hand out β the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- devote β If you devote yourself, your time, or your energy to something, you spend all or most of your time or energy on it.
- bequeath β If you bequeath your money or property to someone, you legally state that they should have it when you die.
- subsidize β to furnish or aid with a subsidy.
- collect β If you collect a number of things, you bring them together from several places or from several people.
- raise β to move to a higher position; lift up; elevate: to raise one's hand; sleepy birds raising their heads and looking about.
- offer β to present for acceptance or rejection; proffer: He offered me a cigarette.
- set up β the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
- register β a list or record of such acts, events, etc.
- compute β To compute a quantity or number means to calculate it.
- prioritize β to arrange or do in order of priority: learning to prioritize our assignments.
- scold β to find fault with angrily; chide; reprimand: The teacher scolded me for being late.
- chide β If you chide someone, you speak to them angrily because they have done something wicked or foolish.
- admonish β If you admonish someone, you tell them very seriously that they have done something wrong.
- discredit β to injure the credit or reputation of; defame: an effort to discredit honest politicians.
- upbraid β to find fault with or reproach severely; censure: The military tribunal upbraided the soldier for his cowardice.
- rebuke β to express sharp, stern disapproval of; reprove; reprimand.
- reprimand β a severe reproof or rebuke, especially a formal one by a person in authority.
- disclose β to make known; reveal or uncover: to disclose a secret.
- reveal β to make known; disclose; divulge: to reveal a secret.
- whisper β to speak with soft, hushed sounds, using the breath, lips, etc., but with no vibration of the vocal cords.
- confess β If someone confesses to doing something wrong, they admit that they did it.
- impart β to make known; tell; relate; disclose: to impart a secret.
- admit β If you admit that something bad, unpleasant, or embarrassing is true, you agree, often unwillingly, that it is true.
- suggest β to mention or introduce (an idea, proposition, plan, etc.) for consideration or possible action: The architect suggested that the building be restored.
- amplify β If you amplify a sound, you make it louder, usually by using electronic equipment.
- overstate β to state too strongly; exaggerate: to overstate one's position in a controversy.
- crouch β If you are crouching, your legs are bent under you so that you are close to the ground and leaning forward slightly.
- grovel β to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- overrate β to rate or appraise too highly; overestimate: I think you overrate their political influence.
- overplay β to exaggerate or overemphasize (one's role in a play, an emotion, an effect, etc.): The young actor overplayed Hamlet shamelessly. The director of the movie had overplayed the pathos.
- overreach β to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overvalue β to value too highly; put too high a value on: They should be careful not to overvalue the property.
- overestimate β to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- overuse β to use too much or too often: to overuse an expression.
- depress β If someone or something depresses you, they make you feel sad and disappointed.
- force β physical power or strength possessed by a living being: He used all his force in opening the window.
- propel β to drive, or cause to move, forward or onward: to propel a boat by rowing.
- shove β to move along by force from behind; push.
- launch β to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
- bump β If you bump into something or someone, you accidentally hit them while you are moving.
- shift β to put (something) aside and replace it by another or others; change or exchange: to shift friends; to shift ideas.
- move β to pass from one place or position to another.