LAYS ON Synonyms: 62 Similar and Opposite Words

lays on

verb

present tense third-person singular of lay on

as in spreads

to put a layer of on a surface she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel

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chiefly British to provide with a paying job lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District

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While the exact cause or specific origin of this year’s outbreak is still under investigation, the parasite spreads when people eat food or drink water contaminated with feces, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

— Zoe Sottile, CNN Money, 15 July 2026
In a place like New York City, Legionella really spreads through the mist or the vapor that’s generated by cooling towers that are often found on the top of large buildings.

— Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 15 July 2026

Definition of spreads

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The company employs some 450 engineers, most of whom are steeped in the shipping industry—domain knowledge that Bozeman says has enabled the company to build better models than any third-party vendor could ever supply at a fraction of the cost.

— Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 July 2026
The base employs 4,553 people, including 2,175 active duty military personnel.

— Maven Navarro, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 13 July 2026

Definition of employs

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Regardless of what Mozeliak does over the next six months, and regardless of whom the team hires in his place or under him, there is really only one change – at the very top of the organization – that could make a lasting difference.

— Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 8 July 2026
Christoph Waltz voices Max, the film director who hires the Minions to act in his films during the 1920s.

— Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 3 July 2026

Definition of hires

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The problem develops when a female fly lays its eggs in open wounds and mucus.

— John Hanna, Chicago Tribune, 10 July 2026
The new world screwworm is a parasitic fly that lays eggs in the fresh wounds of warm-blooded animals, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension.

— Brayden Garcia July 8, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 July 2026

Definition of lays

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Both seats are among the National Republican Congressional Committee’s best flip opportunities in the country, and Flores and Tijerina are considered two of the strongest Republican recruits this cycle.

— James A. Downs, The Washington Examiner, 13 July 2026
Short-form social content that recruits new audiences and reactivates the ones who drifted away.

— Frank Racioppi, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026

Definition of recruits

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In other words, the show is a celebration of America’s 250th birthday, but one that smears a little cake on the country’s face.

— Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 27 June 2026
This chilling, starkly beautiful ambient piece draws Nebraska’s marginal whispers to the forefront and smears them across the picture plane.

— Sasha Geffen, Pitchfork, 10 Mar. 2026

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