Discover and Lay

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Discover

Discover verb - To come to an awareness of.
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Lay is an antonym for discover.
Nearby Words: discovered, discovery, discovering, discoverable, discoverer

Lay

Lay verb - To place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea.
Usage example: lay the corpse to rest
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Discover is an antonym for lay.
Nearby Words: laying, laid
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Common collocations

love discover love lay love
life discover life lay life
body discover body lay body
bomb discover bomb lay bomb
Other words: way.

Both words in one sentence

  • After over a billion years, the soldiers find a planet up ahead that once had the reputation of a great empire but has since become "soft and flabby." They decide to lay waste to it and later discover that it was their own home world, because the universe is curved and circular.
    Source: Comic Book / Tharg's Future Shocks
  • Video Game / Tai Fu Wrath Of The Tiger After the forces of the tyranical Dragon Master lay waste to his temple home, attack the monks who took him in as an orphan, and leave him for dead, T'ai sets out to discover why the Dragon Master wanted him dead in the first place.
    Source: Video Game / Tai Fu Wrath Of The Tiger
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