lay down

Main Entry:
bet [bet]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: gamble
Synonyms: ante, buy in on, chance, dice, game, hazard, lay down, lay odds, play against, play for, play the ponies, pledge, pony up, put, put money on, risk, set, speculate, tempt fortune, toss up, trust, venture, wager
Main Entry: enunciate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: speak clearly
Synonyms: affirm, announce, articulate, declare, deliver, develop, enounce, express, intone, lay down, modulate, outline, phonate, postulate, proclaim, promulgate, pronounce, propound, publish, say, show, sound, state, submit, utter, vocalize, voice
Antonyms: mispronounce, muffle, mumble
Main Entry: impose
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: set, dictate
Synonyms: appoint, burden, charge, command, compel, constrain, decree, demand, encroach, enforce, enjoin, establish, exact, fix, foist, force, force upon, horn in, inflict, infringe, institute, introduce, intrude, lade, lay, lay down, lay down the law, levy, move in on, oblige, obtrude, ordain, order, place, prescribe, presume, promulgate, put, put foot down, read riot act, require, saddle, take advantage, trespass, visit, wish, wreak, wreck
Main Entry: leave
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: forget, neglect
Synonyms: allow, drop, have, lay down, leave behind, let, let be, let continue, let go, let stay, mislay, omit, permit, suffer
Notes: let means to make it possible through a specific action or lack of action for something to happen, to allow; leave means to go away from a place
Antonyms: care, maintain
Main Entry: parlay
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: bet; maneuver
Synonyms: engineer, gamble, jockey, lay down, manage, move, plan, play, risk, speculate, venture, wager
Notes: parlay means to use one gain to make another; parley is to discuss (or as a noun, conference or discussion)
Main Entry: prescribe
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stipulate action to be taken
Synonyms: appoint, assign, choose, command, decide, decree, define, designate, determine, dictate, direct, enjoin, establish, fix, guide, impose, lay down, ordain, order, pick out, require, rule, select, set, settle, specify, write prescription
Notes: prescribe is to set down as a rule or guide or recommendation, while proscribe ('writing before') is to denounce or condemn, prohibit or forbid; tea and toast would be prescribed for an upset stomach while red-hot chili peppers would be proscribed (forbidden, labeled dangerous)
Main Entry: provide
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: determine, specify
Synonyms: condition, lay down, postulate, require, state, stipulate
Main Entry: recline
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lie down
Synonyms: be recumbent, cant, heel, lay down, lean, lie, list, loll, lounge, repose, rest, slant, slope, sprawl, stretch, stretch out, tilt, tip
Antonyms: sit up, straighten
Main Entry: record
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: write down; store information
Synonyms: book, can*, catalog, chalk up, chronicle, copy, cut, cut a track, document, dub, enroll, enter, enumerate, file, indite, inscribe, insert, jot down, keep account, lay down, list, log, make a recording, mark, mark down, matriculate, note, post, preserve, put down, put in writing, put on file, put on paper, put on tape, register, report, set down, tabulate, take down, tape, tape-record, transcribe, video*, videotape, wax, write in
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