Add
Add verb - To join (something) to a mass, quantity, or number so as to bring about an overall increase.
Lay
Lay verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
Common collocations
| nothing | add nothing | lay nothing |
Both words in one sentence
- In live performances, they usually add one to "Epic", changing "So you lay down on it and you do it some more" to "So you lay down on it and you fuck it some more".
Source: Precision F Strike / Music -
Add to that the ability to lay down minefields and the armor piercing ammo upgrade in Kane's Wrath, and you have one of the best units in the game.
- It's a way to add ominous portent to any soundtrack, and it's commonly used to evoke death, or execution, to punctuate a particularly grim turn of events, or just to lay on the creepy atmosphere.
Source: For Doom the Bell Tolls
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Lay and Add. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 22, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/add/lay
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