laid over; laying over; lays over
: to make a stopover
Examples of layover in a Sentence
Noun
our flight from New York to San Francisco made a layover in Chicago
Verb
we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting
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Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2025
On Friday, the couple was en route from Boston to Washington, DC, when their flight from their layover in New York’s LaGuardia Airport was abruptly canceled, and the next available option wasn’t until the following afternoon.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
Anchoring the Cité, the medieval old town laid over Celtic and Roman settlements, the Gothic Cathedral, for which the master 19th-century French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc conducted restorations, this year celebrates its 750th anniversary.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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Noun
The Mongolian cashmere feels like touching a cloud, which is why this travel writer prefers to wear them on long flights and layovers.
—Caroline Hughes, Travel + Leisure, 13 Nov. 2025
On Friday, the couple was en route from Boston to Washington, DC, when their flight from their layover in New York’s LaGuardia Airport was abruptly canceled, and the next available option wasn’t until the following afternoon.
—Alaa Elassar, CNN Money, 10 Nov. 2025
Verb
Something had been laid over the hole, but it wasn’t secured to anything and left a gap that a dog could fit through.
—Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Aug. 2025
Anchoring the Cité, the medieval old town laid over Celtic and Roman settlements, the Gothic Cathedral, for which the master 19th-century French architect Eugène Viollet-le-Duc conducted restorations, this year celebrates its 750th anniversary.
—John Oseid, Forbes.com, 24 June 2025
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“Layover.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/layover. Accessed 19 Nov. 2025.
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layover
1 of 2 noun
lay·over
ˈlā-ˌō-vər 
lay over
2 of 2 verb(ˈ)lā-ˈō-vər
: to make a temporary halt or stop
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