lay in
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English
8
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
To add (something) to a painting, especially directly onto the blank canvas in the early stages of the work.
Transitive verb
verb
To give a lay-in; to allow or require one to remain in one's cell, rather than work, due to injury or illness.
verb
Example Sentences
- "to lay in a stock / store / supply of something"
- "Now […] there came vnto my knowledge, an inconuenience happened by the carelesse negligence of the Master of my ship, who had the charge of prouiding and laying in the prouisions and victuals for the voyage,"
- "As for my little Family, having thus as I have said, laid in a Store of Bread, Butter, Cheese, and Beer, I took my Friend and Physician’s Advice, and lock’d my self up, and my Family, and resolv’d to suffer the hardship of Living a few Mo[n]ths without Flesh-Meat, rather than to purchase it at the hazard of our Lives."
- "He applied a light to the laid-in fuel, and a cheerful radiance spread around."
- "Have the best time you can in the out-of-door world and lay in a good stock of health and vitality and ambition to carry you through next year."
- "[…] while he laid in a generous supply of arrows for his crossbow over a period of months, he never ordered more than half a dozen at a time."