Synonyms for laid open

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : ley

Phonetic Transcription : leɪ

Top 10 synonyms for laid open

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Définition of laid open

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 exposed : adj in danger
As in tell : verb communicate
As in uncover : verb reveal, disclose
As in unveil : verb reveal
As in venture : verb take a chance
As in unclothe : verb reveal
As in come out with : verb disclose information
As in cut : verb sever, chop with sharp instrument; incise
As in dissect : verb cut up; take apart
As in endanger : verb put in jeopardy
As in expose : verb reveal
As in expose : verb subject to danger

Example sentences :

I had laid open the deepest in me to her honest gaze, and she had read it, and could not but know me.
Extract from : « Wilfrid Cumbermede » by George MacDonald

In less than a minute they had laid open a gap: and with that the mystery was clear.
Extract from : « Two Sides of the Face » by Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch

He had laid open his mole-run for a yard or so, and was still grubbing at it absorbedly.
Extract from : « Dream Days » by Kenneth Grahame

I dragged him on the beach; with my knife I laid open his entrails.
Extract from : « The Hunters' Feast » by Mayne Reid

He had just laid open the book when Roy rushed in from the wireless room.
Extract from : « The Secret Wireless » by Lewis E. Theiss

To such a veritable 'Thomas' in petticoats every road should be laid open.
Extract from : « April's Lady » by Margaret Wolfe Hungerford

Our public wounds cannot be concealed; to be cured, they must be laid open.
Extract from : « Thoughts on the Present Discontents » by Edmund Burke

It looked as if Nate's skull would be laid open with the billet of wood.
Extract from : « Joyce's Investments » by Fannie E. Newberry

Why do they complain, that the West Indies are not laid open?
Extract from : « American Eloquence, Volume I. (of 4) » by Various

As with a merciless scalpel the inner heart of the man is laid open.
Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Psalms, Vol. 1 » by A. Maclaren

Antonyms for laid open

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