Laying

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  • v. Present participle of lay.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of one who, or that which, lays.
  • n. The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch.
  • n. The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of one who or that which lays; the act of depositing or dropping, as eggs: said of birds, etc.
  • n. The number of eggs laid, as by a flock of hens in one day or other period.
  • n. In rope-making, the twisting of three or more yarns together to form a strand, or of three strands to form a rope.
  • n. In plaster-work, the first coat on lathing of two-coat work, the surface of which is usually roughed by sweeping it with a broom.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the production of eggs (especially in birds)
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    giving birth    birth    parturition    birthing   
    Cross Reference
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    clutch   
    Verb Stem
    lay    layer   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    allaying    arraying    baying    betraying    buffeting    conveying    crocheting    decaying    delaying    dismaying