Advertisement

Advertisement

View synonyms for lay over

lay over

verb

  1. tr to postpone for future action
  2. intr to make a temporary stop in a journey
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


noun

  1. a break in a journey, esp in waiting for a connection
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Discover More

Example Sentences

"It was like layers and layers of little icicles that lay over each other like a snake's skin… to create one blade," he said.

A fiery intensity of light lay over it, as though any moment it must burst into sheets of flame.

The last cone of the mountain gave us some trouble: the route was very precipitous, and lay over bare, hot masses of rock.

To this my guide pointed, and gave me to understand that our way lay over it, in order to reach the Puris, who lived beyond.

Our road now lay over fertile eminences, varied with fields and meadows in a high state of cultivation.

A layer of dust lay over everything and there were dirt and filth in abundance.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement

Advertisement