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lays open

lays open is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lay open.

Meaning of lay open

Verb

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

  1. (Japan, South-Korea) To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
  2. (transitive) To expose or reveal (something).
    • to lay oneself open to criticism
  3. (transitive) To open (something) through cutting or scissoring.

Questions about lays open

What is lays open the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lays open is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lay open.

Words near lays open in the dictionary

  1. lays on with a trowel
  2. lays one down
  3. lays one's account
  4. lays one's eyes on
  5. lays one's hands on
  6. lays open
  7. lays out
  8. lays over
  9. lays pipe
  10. lays rubber
  11. lays salt on someone's tail

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lays open (page history and authors); lay open (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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