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lay in lavender

lay in lavender verb: to store (clothing, etc.) with sprigs of lavender, i.e. to keep fresh.

Verb

lay in lavender (third-person singular simple present lays in lavender, present participle laying in lavender, simple past and past participle laid in lavender)

  1. To store (clothing, etc.) with sprigs of lavender, i.e. to keep fresh.
  2. (broadly, idiomatic, obsolete) To pawn.
    • 17th century, Aphra Behn, The Luckey Chance
      I have business, very earnest business abroad this Evening; now were you a Rascal of Docity, you wou’d invent a way to get home my last Suit that was laid in Lavender—with the Appurtenances thereunto belonging, as Perriwig, Cravat, and so forth.

Forms of lay in lavender

third-person singular presentlays in lavender
present participlelaying in lavender
past participlelaid in lavender
pastlaid in lavender
alternative formlay up in lavender

Questions about lay in lavender

What does lay in lavender mean?
Lay in lavender means to store (clothing, etc.) with sprigs of lavender, i.e. to keep fresh.
What part of speech is lay in lavender?
Lay in lavender is a verb.
What is the past tense of lay in lavender?
The past tense of lay in lavender is laid in lavender.

Words near lay in lavender in the dictionary

  1. lay ill in one's mouth
  2. lay in
  3. lay in ambush
  4. lay in ashes
  5. lay in honor
  6. lay in lavender
  7. lay in one's throat
  8. lay in repose
  9. lay in state
  10. lay in the bed one had made
  11. lay in the way

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