lay to

verb

Roget 265: be quiescent etc. adj.; stand still, lie still; keep quiet, repose, hold the breath.    remain, stay; stand, lie to, ride at anchor, remain in situ, tarry, mark time; bring to, heave to, lay to; pull up, draw up; hold, halt; stop, stop short; rest, pause, anchor; cast to an anchor, come to an anchor; rest on one's oars; repose on one's laurels, take breath; stop etc. (discontinue) 142.    stagnate; quieta non movere [Lat.]; let alone; abide, rest and be thankful; keep within doors, stay at home, go to bed.    dwell etc. (be present) 186; settle etc. (be located) 184; alight etc. (arrive) 292; stick, stick fast; stand like a post; not stir a peg, not stir a step; be at a stand etc. n.. quell, becalm, hush, stay, lull to sleep, lay an embargo on.    ... show more

Roget 155: attribute to, ascribe to, impute to, refer to, lay to, point to, trace to, bring home to; put down to, set down to, blame; charge on, ground on; invest with, assign as cause, lay at, the door of, father upon; account for, derive from, point out the reason etc. 153; theorize; tell how it comes; put the saddle on the right horse.    ... show more

Moby thesaurus: account for, accredit with, accrete to, acknowledge, aestivate, apply to, ascribe to, assign to, attach to, attribute to, blame, blame for, blame on, bring home to, buckle down, charge on, charge to, confess, connect with, credit with, endeavor, fasten upon, father upon, fix on, fix upon, go all out, hang on, have nothing on, head to wind, hibernate, hump, hump it, impute to, knuckle down, lay by, lay off, lay up, lie ahull, lie by, lie dormant, lie fallow, lie idle, lie off, lie to, lie up, pin on, pinpoint, place upon, ply the oar, point to, refer to, ride at anchor, saddle on, saddle with, set down to, settle upon, spare no effort ... show more.

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