lay

lay [adj] amateur, not trained in a religious or other profession inexpert, nonclerical, nonprofessional, nonspecialist, ordinary, secular, temporal, unsacred; concept 530 —Ant. ordained, professional lay [v1] put, place arrange, deposit, dispose, establish, fix, leave, locate, order, organize, plant, posit, position, repose, rest, set, set down, set out, settle, spread, stick, systematize; concepts 158,201 —Ant. lift, take lay [v2] produce, advance adduce, allege, bear, bring forth, bring forward, cite, deposit, generate, lodge, offer, present, put forward, submit, yield; concepts 66,205 lay [v3] credit, allocate accredit, address, aim, allot, apply, ascribe, assess, assign, attribute, burden, cast, charge, direct, encumber, impose, impute, incline, level, point, refer, saddle, tax, train, turn, zero in*; concepts 49,50,88,187 lay [v4] design, plan concoct, contrive, devise, hatch, plot, prepare, work out; concept 36 —Ant. neglect lay [v5] make smooth allay, alleviate, appease, assuage, calm, even, flatten, flush, iron, level, plane, press, quiet, relieve, steam, still, suppress; concepts 235,250 —Ant. rough lay [v6] bet, wager gamble, game, give odds, hazard, play, risk, stake; concept 363