"bricklay" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˈbɹɪkˌleɪ/ Forms: bricklays [present, singular, third-person], bricklaying [participle, present], bricklaid [participle, past], bricklaid [past]
enPR: brĭk′-lā′ Rhymes: -ɪkleɪ Etymology: Back-formation from bricklaying and bricklayer, themselves from the phrasal verb lay brick. By surface analysis, brick + lay. Etymology templates: {{back-formation|en|bricklaying}} Back-formation from bricklaying, {{surface analysis|en|brick|lay}} By surface analysis, brick + lay Head templates: {{en-verb|+|+|bricklaid}} bricklay (third-person singular simple present bricklays, present participle bricklaying, simple past and past participle bricklaid)
  1. (rare, nonstandard, ambitransitive, construction) To lay brick; to use mortar to construct a structure using bricks. Tags: ambitransitive, nonstandard, rare Synonyms: lay brick (alt: s)

Inflected forms

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