lay to rest
To perform funerary services, especially burial, for someone who has diedTo perform funerary services, especially burial, for someone who has died.
» Tom has been laid to rest.
Meaning
2 senses(idiomatic, transitive)To perform funerary services, especially burial, for someone who has died.
Near-synonyms: entomb, inhume, inter, bury
He was laid to rest beneath the old oak tree in 1825.
(figuratively, transitive)To close (a matter of dispute).
Payment of the court-imposed fine should finally lay this matter to rest.
- place in a grave or tomb
Examples
5 sentencesTom has been laid to rest.
Earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest.
ruЗемля! не закрой моей крови, и да не будет места воплю моему. — Karok
Yanni's body disappeared and is still not properly laid to rest.
Sami was laid to rest.
Sami and Layla were laid to rest side by side.
Forms
lays to rest, laying to rest, laid to rest, laid to rest| Base form | lay to rest · to lay to rest |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | lays to rest |
| Present participle | laying to rest |
| Past simple | laid to rest |
| Past participle | laid to rest |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
7 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle