lay vs rise

lay

verb
  • To present or offer. 

  • To take a position; to come or go. 

  • To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. 

  • To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)). 

  • To have sex with. 

  • To place (new type) properly in the cases. 

  • To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone. 

  • To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.). 

  • To produce and deposit an egg. 

  • To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface. 

  • To apply; to put. 

  • To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk. 

  • To bet (that something is or is not the case). 

  • To point; to aim. 

  • To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie). 

  • simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position. 

  • To state; to allege. 

  • To impute; to charge; to allege. 

  • To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them. 

  • To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another. 

  • To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle). 

adj
  • Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution. 

  • Not trumps. 

  • Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them. 

noun
  • The direction a rope is twisted. 

  • A casual sexual partner. 

  • A lake. 

  • A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung. 

  • What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest? 

  • Arrangement or relationship; layout. 

  • An act of sexual intercourse. 

  • A share of the profits in a business. 

  • A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance. 

  • The laying of eggs. 

rise

verb
  • To come; to offer itself. 

  • To become active, effective or operational, especially in response to an external or internal stimulus. 

  • To leave one's bed; to get up. 

  • To attain a higher status. 

  • To terminate an official sitting; to adjourn. 

  • To have its source (in a particular place). 

  • Of a quantity, price, etc., to increase. 

  • To develop. 

  • To become erect; to assume an upright position. 

  • To become more and more dignified or forcible; to increase in interest or power; said of style, thought, or discourse. 

  • To ascend on a musical scale; to take a higher pitch. 

  • To be resurrected. 

  • To swell or puff up in the process of fermentation; to become light. 

  • To slope upward. 

  • To become perceptible to the senses, other than sight. 

  • To come to mind; to be suggested; to occur. 

  • To go up; to ascend; to climb. 

  • To appear to move upwards from behind the horizon of a planet as a result of the planet's rotation. 

  • To move upwards. 

  • To grow upward; to attain a certain height. 

  • To become agitated, opposed, or hostile; to go to war; to take up arms; to rebel. 

  • To cause to go up or ascend. 

noun
  • An area of terrain that tends upward away from the viewer, such that it conceals the region behind it; a slope. 

  • The amount of material extending from waist to crotch in a pair of trousers or shorts. 

  • A small hill; used chiefly in place names. 

  • A very noticeable visible or audible reaction of a person or group. 

  • The process of or an action or instance of coming to prominence. 

  • An increase in a quantity, price, etc. 

  • The process of or an action or instance of moving upwards or becoming greater. 

  • The height of an arch or a step. 

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