Lay and Stir

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Lay verb - To cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid).

Usage example: the rain was just hard enough to lay the dust in the air

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Stir is an antonym for lay.

Nearby Words: laying, laid

Stir verb - To cause (as a liquid) to move about in a circle especially repeatedly.

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Lay is an antonym for stir.

Nearby Words: stirring, stirred

people	lay people	stir people
way	lay way	stir way

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Stir and Lay. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 13, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/lay/stir

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