Aid and Lay

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Aid

Aid verb - To provide (someone) with what is useful or necessary to achieve an end.
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Lay is an antonym for aid.
Nearby Words: aids, aided, aide, aiding, aider

Lay

Lay verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.
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Aid is an antonym for lay in credit topic.
Nearby Words: laying, laid
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Common collocations

people aid people lay people
way aid way lay way

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  • He didn't anticipate that the Valar would lay down their power before Ilúvatar (God), and ask him for aid.
    Source: Batman Gambit / Literature
  • Web Animation / The Transformers: Combiner Wars Gondor Calls for Aid: In Episode 3, Optimus Prime reveals that as Computron lay dying, he sent a final message to Optimus warning him of Windblade's departure for Cybertron.
    Source: Web Animation / The Transformers: Combiner Wars
  • Monster subverts this in that Johan handpicks Tenma to be the one to kill him, but it is also played straight in that he will not let anyone - the police, random Nazis, or sundry criminals - lay their hands on either Tenma or Nina without aid to the two and swift retribution to their enemies.
    Source: The Only One Allowed to Defeat You
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