Lay and Man

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Lay noun - A rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect.

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Man and lay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Man" instead a noun "Lay".

Nearby Words: laying, laid

Man noun - An adult male human being.

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Lay and man are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lay" instead a noun "Man".

Nearby Words: manly, manful, manhood, manliness, manfully

Gozer proceeds to take the shape of a giant Stay Puft Marshmallow Man and lay waste to the city before being banished back to where it came from.

Source: Beast of the Apocalypse
In The Chessmen of Mars, when a man tries to lay hands on her while she is a prisoner, Tara stabs him, much to the horror of a slave woman.

Source: Honor Before Reason / Literature
The first one comes when the man drums his fingers and she has a flash memory of the soldier's fingers twitching in a similar manner as he lay dying.

Source: Film / Hiroshima Mon Amour

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