Skip to content
ontologydriven
Sign out

Dictionary

Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

lay in lavender en · VERB

Meanings

  1. To store (clothing, etc.) with sprigs of lavender, i.e. to keep fresh.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic, obsolete) To pawn.
    • 17th century, Aphra Behn, The Luckey Chance I have business, very earnest business abroad this Evening; now were you a Rascal of Docity, you wou’d invent a way to get home my last Suit that was laid in Lavender—with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, as Perriwig, Cravat, and so forth.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lay up in lavender alternative lexicographic
lays in lavender Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
laid in lavender Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
laid in lavender Tense=Past lexicographic
laying in lavender Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic