"lay in ashes" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lays in ashes [present, singular, third-person], laying in ashes [participle, present], laid in ashes [participle, past], laid in ashes [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|<,,laid>|head=~ash􂀿es:􂁀}} lay in ashes (third-person singular simple present lays in ashes, present participle laying in ashes, simple past and past participle laid in ashes)
  1. (transitive) To destroy utterly by burning. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-lay_in_ashes-en-verb-jdcn90FH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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      ]
    },
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid in ashes",
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        "participle",
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    },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To destroy utterly by burning."
      ],
      "id": "en-lay_in_ashes-en-verb-jdcn90FH",
      "links": [
        [
          "destroy",
          "destroy"
        ],
        [
          "utterly",
          "utterly"
        ],
        [
          "burn",
          "burn"
        ]
      ],
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        "(transitive) To destroy utterly by burning."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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}

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        "present"
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    },
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    },
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      "form": "laid in ashes",
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    }
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        "(transitive) To destroy utterly by burning."
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