Antonyms for laying over

Grammar : Verb

Spell : ley

Phonetic Transcription : leɪ

Definition of laying over

Origin : Old English lecgan "to place on the ground (or other surface)," also "put down (often by striking)," from Proto-Germanic *lagjanan (cf. Old Saxon leggian, Old Norse leggja, Old Frisian ledza, Middle Dutch legghan, Dutch leggen, Old High German lecken, German legen, Gothic lagjan "to lay, put, place"), causative of lie (v.2). As a noun, from 1550s, "act of laying." Meaning "way in which something is laid" (e.g. lay of the land) first recorded 1819.
Meaning "have sex with" first recorded 1934, in U.S. slang, probably from sense of "deposit" (which was in Old English, as in lay an egg, lay a bet, etc.), perhaps reinforced by to lie with, a phrase frequently met in the Bible. The noun meaning "woman available for sexual intercourse" is attested from 1930, but there are suggestions of it in stage puns from as far back as 1767. To lay for (someone) "await a chance at revenge" is from late 15c.; lay low "stay inconspicuous" is from 1839. To lay (someone) low preserves the secondary Old English sense.

As in postpone : verb put off till later time
As in put off : verb defer, delay
As in suspend : verb delay, hold off
As in defer : verb hold off, put off
As in delay : verb cause stop in action

Example sentences :

There the cracks were filled in and the sphericity made more nearly perfect by laying over the surface about one hundred skins.
Extract from : « Terrestrial and Celestial Globes Vol I » by Edward Luther Stevenson

A connection, a clam cup connection, a survey, a ticket and a return to laying over.
Extract from : « Geography and Plays » by Gertrude Stein

Take out the kernels when the marmalade is cold, and then tie it up in pots or glasses, laying over it paper dipped in brandy.
Extract from : « Domestic French Cookery, 4th ed. » by Sulpice Baru

Each sheet can be used again and again for laying over bread, cake and other foods in the oven.
Extract from : « The Laurel Health Cookery » by Evora Bucknum Perkins

To patch means to mend or adorn by adding a patch or by laying over a separate piece of cloth.
Extract from : « Every Day Life in the Massachusetts Bay Colony » by George Francis Dow

A narrow path had been made by laying over these crowbars large slabs of stone not particularly firm when you trod over them.
Extract from : « An Explorer's Adventures in Tibet » by A. Henry Savage Landor

Soon the catboat was laying over a bit, and the 256 foam was streaking away behind them in a broad wake.
Extract from : « Wyn's Camping Days » by Amy Bell Marlowe

Professor, every piece of glass that went to make up that mirror is laying over there on the floor.
Extract from : « The Time Mirror » by Clark South

I don't care if they didn't pass up the trail since we've been laying over, they are there just the same.
Extract from : « The Outlet » by Andy Adams

Synonyms for laying over

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