Lay and Verse

Lay

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

Verse is a synonym for lay. In some cases you can use "Verse" instead a noun "Lay".

Nearby Words: laying, laid

Verse

Verse noun - A composition using rhythm and often rhyme to create a lyrical effect.
Usage example: composed a short verse for his mother's birthday
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Synonyms for Verse

Lay is a synonym for verse in music topic. You can use "Lay" instead a noun "Verse", if it concerns topics such as ditty, written composition.

Nearby Words: version, versification, versing

Common collocations

times lay times verse times

Both words in one sentence

  • In the actual verse where he's mentioned, though, it says he became a lay worshiper.
  • Only the last part of Jules Winnfield's diatribe is (almost) the real verse, i.e.; "And I will execute great vengeance upon them with furious rebukes; and they shall know that I am the LORD, when I shall lay my vengeance upon them."
  • Burn the Witch! Well, he glanced at the following verse once - "which was about putting to death people who lay down with beasts - but he had felt that this was rather outside his jurisdiction".
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