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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

lay to rest en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To perform funerary services, especially burial, for someone who has died.
    • He was laid to rest beneath the old oak tree in 1825.
    • Near-synonyms: entomb, inhume, inter, bury
  2. (figuratively, transitive) To close (a matter of dispute).
    • TIn front of a record women's rugby crowd of 81,885, the Red Roses, who had lost the previous two finals to New Zealand, laid that ghost to rest with an assured display built on their power up front and ferocious defence. 2025 September 27, Alastair Telfer, “England overpower Canada to win Women's World Cup”, in BBC Sport:
    • Payment of the court-imposed fine should finally lay this matter to rest.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
lays to rest Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
laying to rest Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
laid to rest Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
laid to rest Tense=Past lexicographic

Synonyms

put to sleep · inter · entomb · inhume · bury · put to bed · put to rest