Bare and Lay

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Bare

Bare verb - To make known (as information previously kept secret).
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Lay is an antonym for bare.
Nearby Words: barely, bared, bareness

Lay

Lay verb - To put a layer of on a surface.
Usage example: the mason laid mortar over the first row of bricks before starting the second
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Bare is an antonym for lay.
Nearby Words: laying, laid
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Common collocations

soul bare soul lay soul
life bare life lay life
scene bare scene lay scene
nothing bare nothing lay nothing

Both words in one sentence

  • Also, in the backstory he murdered his own wife with his bare hands, just because Euron forced her to lay with him, thus making her spoiled.
    Source: Unintentionally Unsympathetic
  • Goby, a Knowledge Broker employed by Poirot "Give him twenty-four hours and he would lay the private life of the Archbishop of Canterbury bare for you".
    Source: Bibliography / Agatha Christie
  • Vaporwave The result of all this was that some fans began to believe vaporwave to be a decidedly anti-capitalist genre, and that it seeks to lay the motives of big, corporate companies bare, and expose them for what they are.
    Source: Vaporwave
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