Lay and Stuff

Lay

Lay verb - To arrange something in a certain spot or position.

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

Nearby Words: laying, laid

Stuff

Stuff verb - To close up so that no empty spaces remain.

Lay and stuff are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Lay" instead a verb "Stuff".

Nearby Words: stuffy, stuffed, stuffing, stuffiness

Mutual synonyms

Common collocations

body lay body stuff body
hand lay hand stuff hand
bomb lay bomb stuff bomb
head lay head stuff head
Other words: nothing, times, ears, monsters.

Both words in one sentence

  • Magical Native American It's not his main focus however, as all the magical stuff is just to get him in range so he can really lay down the hurt with grapples.
  • Video Game / Halo: Reach Bungie has stated the problem lay in them being a bit too specific with stuff like dates in Halo: The Fall of Reach.
  • Video Game / The Binding of Isaac The good stuff in the shop costs just enough that you probably won't be able to pay for it until you've gone down three or four levels, when Greed loves to lay its ambushes.
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