Lay and Round

Lay

Lay noun - A short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment.

Usage example: she sang a short lay in dedication to her husband

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Round and lay are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Round" instead the word "Lay" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: laying, laid

Round noun - A circular strip.

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Lay and round are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lay" instead the word "Round" as a noun or a verb.

Nearby Words: rounded, rounder, roundly, roundel, roundish

Round 4, both Yokoya and Samue think that Akiyama is trying to dominate the chairs game, when in fact he was trying to lay his hands on the winning medals.

Source: Kansas City Shuffle
Pointedly ignoring him in conversation and disdainful looks round out the total freeze that she will lay on the hapless fellow.

Source: Analysis / Tsundere
Actually that and Isandlwana were just the first round: six months of fighting with far larger battles lay ahead.

Source: Small Reference Pools / Real Life

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