lay+waste
61waste — v 1. squander, fritter away, fool away, dissipate, lose, misuse, misspend; expend, consume, use up, drain, exhaust, deplete; throw away, burn up, run through, go through, Sl. blow; disperse, scatter, spill, muddle away; splurge, lavish, play the… …
62waste — [12] The etymological notions underlying waste are ‘emptiness’ and ‘desolation’. Its main modern sense, ‘squander’, is a comparatively recent development, first recorded in English in the 14th century. Its ultimate source is Latin vāstus ‘empty’ …
63waste (someone) — vb to kill (someone). A euphemism inspired by lay waste . In the 1950s US street gangs used the word to mean defeat, while criminals used it to mean kill. In the Vietnam War era the term first signified to devastate and then to annihilate and… …
64lay up — [v1] hurt, incapacitate beat up, confine, disable, harm, hospitalize, injure; concept 246 Ant. heal, help lay up / lay by [v2] set aside, store accumulate, amass, build up, bury, conserve, cumulate, garner, hide, hoard, keep, lay in, preserve,… …
65lay by — lay up [v1] hurt, incapacitate beat up, confine, disable, harm, hospitalize, injure; concept 246 Ant. heal, help lay up / lay by [v2] set aside, store accumulate, amass, build up, bury, conserve, cumulate, garner, hide, hoard, keep, lay in,… …
66Lay's Stax — is a snack food made from potatoes and produced by Frito Lay. It was introduced in 2003 to act as competition for Procter Gamble s Pringles.The differences are minor: for example, Stax are thicker and are less prone to breaking in the package.… …
67To lay asleep — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …
68To lay bare — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …
69To lay before — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …
70To lay by — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… …
