lay+hold+of

  • 31lay to — {v.} 1. To give the blame or credit to; to name as cause. * /He was unpopular and when he made money, it was laid to his dishonesty, but when he lost money, it was laid to his stupidity./ Compare: LAY AT ONE S DOOR. 2. To hold a ship or boat… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 32hold in abeyance — I verb adjourn, defer, delay, discontinue, forbear, give ground, give way, hold up, lay over, postpone procrastinate, prolong, protract, retard, shelve, suspend, table, temporize II index adjourn, defer (put off), delay …

    Law dictionary

  • 33lay away — index hold (possess), keep (shelter), reserve, store Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

    Law dictionary

  • 34lay under restraint — index arrest (apprehend), check (restrain), constrain (restrain), detain (restrain) …

    Law dictionary

  • 35hold — Synonyms and related words: abandon, abduction, abide, abort, absorb, absorb the attention, abstain, accent, accent mark, accommodate, account, account as, accumulate, acropolis, adhere, adhere to, adjudge, adjudicate, admit, advance, advantage,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 36hold — v 1. grasp, clutch, clasp, seize, keep fast, gripe; have, palm, retain, Inf. latch onto, clench, clinch; hug, embrace, Brit. Dial. clip; keep, have and hold, harbor; cherish, treasure, fondle, Archaic. bosom. 2. reserve, set aside, put aside, set …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 37hold up — Synonyms and related words: adjourn, advertise, afford support, air, arrest, back, back up, backpedal, backwater, be consistent, be proof against, be the case, be true, be truthful, be unflappable, bear, bear out, bear up, bear up against, blazon …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 38lay by — Synonyms and related words: abandon, adjourn, aestivate, arrange for, assign, cede, conserve, continue, decree, defer, define, delay, drag out, extend, forearm, give up, hand over, hang fire, hang up, have nothing on, head to wind, hibernate,… …

    Moby Thesaurus

  • 39To lay asleep — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 40To lay bare — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English