"lay to rest" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: En-au-lay to rest.ogg Forms: lays to rest [present, singular, third-person], laying to rest [participle, present], laid to rest [participle, past], laid to rest [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> to rest}} lay to rest (third-person singular simple present lays to rest, present participle laying to rest, simple past and past participle laid to rest)
  1. (transitive, idiomatic) To bury someone who has died. Tags: idiomatic, transitive Categories (topical): Burial Synonyms (to bury one who has died): entomb, inhume, inter, bury, grave
    Sense id: en-lay_to_rest-en-verb-qAK8y6Xj Disambiguation of Burial: 94 6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 84 16 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 77 23 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of 'to bury one who has died': 97 3
  2. (transitive, figurative) To close (a matter of dispute). Tags: figuratively, transitive
    Sense id: en-lay_to_rest-en-verb-movsmy3q

Inflected forms

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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "laid to rest",
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        "participle",
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    },
    {
      "form": "laid to rest",
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "categories": [
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          "_dis": "84 16",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "90 10",
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          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "94 6",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
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          "parents": [
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            "Society",
            "Body",
            "Life",
            "All topics",
            "Nature",
            "Fundamental"
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        }
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          "text": "He was laid to rest beneath the old oak tree in 1825.",
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        }
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        "To bury someone who has died."
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To bury someone who has died."
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          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to bury one who has died",
          "word": "entomb"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to bury one who has died",
          "word": "inhume"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to bury one who has died",
          "word": "inter"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to bury one who has died",
          "word": "bury"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "97 3",
          "sense": "to bury one who has died",
          "word": "grave"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        {
          "text": "Payment of the court-imposed fine should finally lay this matter to rest.",
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        "To close (a matter of dispute)."
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        "(transitive, figurative) To close (a matter of dispute)."
      ],
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        "transitive"
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        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid to rest",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid to rest",
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        "past"
      ]
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  ],
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
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    {
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        "English idioms",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "He was laid to rest beneath the old oak tree in 1825.",
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        "To bury someone who has died."
      ],
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        "(transitive, idiomatic) To bury someone who has died."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English transitive verbs"
      ],
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        {
          "text": "Payment of the court-imposed fine should finally lay this matter to rest.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To close (a matter of dispute)."
      ],
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        "(transitive, figurative) To close (a matter of dispute)."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "figuratively",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "sense": "to bury one who has died",
      "word": "entomb"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to bury one who has died",
      "word": "inhume"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to bury one who has died",
      "word": "inter"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to bury one who has died",
      "word": "bury"
    },
    {
      "sense": "to bury one who has died",
      "word": "grave"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lay to rest"
}

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