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Meaning of "waylay" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD WAYLAY

From way + lay1.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF WAYLAY

waylay  [weɪˈleɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF WAYLAY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Waylay is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb waylay in English.

WHAT DOES WAYLAY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of waylay in the English dictionary

The definition of waylay in the dictionary is to lie in wait for and attack. Other definition of waylay is to await and intercept unexpectedly.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO WAYLAY

PRESENT

Present
I waylay
you waylay
he/she/it waylays
we waylay
you waylay
they waylay
Present continuous
I am waylaying
you are waylaying
he/she/it is waylaying
we are waylaying
you are waylaying
they are waylaying
Present perfect
I have waylaid
you have waylaid
he/she/it has waylaid
we have waylaid
you have waylaid
they have waylaid
Present perfect continuous
I have been waylaying
you have been waylaying
he/she/it has been waylaying
we have been waylaying
you have been waylaying
they have been waylaying
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I waylaid
you waylaid
he/she/it waylaid
we waylaid
you waylaid
they waylaid
Past continuous
I was waylaying
you were waylaying
he/she/it was waylaying
we were waylaying
you were waylaying
they were waylaying
Past perfect
I had waylaid
you had waylaid
he/she/it had waylaid
we had waylaid
you had waylaid
they had waylaid
Past perfect continuous
I had been waylaying
you had been waylaying
he/she/it had been waylaying
we had been waylaying
you had been waylaying
they had been waylaying
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will waylay
you will waylay
he/she/it will waylay
we will waylay
you will waylay
they will waylay
Future continuous
I will be waylaying
you will be waylaying
he/she/it will be waylaying
we will be waylaying
you will be waylaying
they will be waylaying
Future perfect
I will have waylaid
you will have waylaid
he/she/it will have waylaid
we will have waylaid
you will have waylaid
they will have waylaid
Future perfect continuous
I will have been waylaying
you will have been waylaying
he/she/it will have been waylaying
we will have been waylaying
you will have been waylaying
they will have been waylaying
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would waylay
you would waylay
he/she/it would waylay
we would waylay
you would waylay
they would waylay
Conditional continuous
I would be waylaying
you would be waylaying
he/she/it would be waylaying
we would be waylaying
you would be waylaying
they would be waylaying
Conditional perfect
I would have waylay
you would have waylay
he/she/it would have waylay
we would have waylay
you would have waylay
they would have waylay
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been waylaying
you would have been waylaying
he/she/it would have been waylaying
we would have been waylaying
you would have been waylaying
they would have been waylaying
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you waylay
we let´s waylay
you waylay
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to waylay
Past participle
waylaid
Present Participle
waylaying
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH WAYLAY


alay
əˈleɪ
allay
əˈleɪ
belay
bɪˈleɪ
brise-soleil
ˌbriːzsəʊˈleɪ
Brule
bruːˈleɪ
cabriolet
ˌkæbrɪəʊˈleɪ
cassoulet
ˌkæsəˈleɪ
delay
dɪˈleɪ
gelee
ʒəˈleɪ
gilet
dʒɪˈleɪ
inlay
ɪnˈleɪ
Malay
məˈleɪ
Mandalay
ˌmændəˈleɪ
Millay
mɪˈleɪ
mislay
mɪsˈleɪ
overlay
ˌəʊvəˈleɪ
palay
pæˈleɪ
underlay
ˌʌndəˈleɪ
unlay
ʌnˈleɪ
uplay
ʌpˈleɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE WAYLAY

wayboard
waybread
wayfare
wayfarer
wayfaring
wayfaring tree
waygoing
waylaid
Wayland
Wayland Smith
waylayer
wayleave
wayleggo
wayless
waymark
waymarked
wayment
Wayne
waypoint
waypost

WORDS THAT END LIKE WAYLAY

airplay
Barclay
child´s play
clay
cosplay
display
fair play
foreplay
gameplay
interplay
lay
outlay
play
plug and play
plug-and-play
relay
replay
role-play
screenplay
slay

Synonyms and antonyms of waylay in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «WAYLAY»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «waylay» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of waylay

Translation of «waylay» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF WAYLAY

Find out the translation of waylay to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of waylay from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «waylay» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

伏击
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

waylay
570 millions of speakers

English

waylay
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

ताक में रहना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قطع الطريق
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

подстеречь
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

waylay
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পথিমধ্যে আটক করা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

waylay
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Waylay
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

auflauern
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

waylay
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

waylay
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Waylay
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

gài bẩy
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பறிக்க
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

मार्गक्रमण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

pusuya yatmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

waylay
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

waylay
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

підстерегти
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

urmări,
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενεδρεύω
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

loer
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

stoppa en
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

ligge på lur
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of waylay

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «WAYLAY»

The term «waylay» is regularly used and occupies the 88.934 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «WAYLAY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «waylay» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «waylay» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about waylay

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «WAYLAY»

Discover the use of waylay in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to waylay and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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English Irregular Verbs: Master 250 irregular verbs in English
WAYLAY Mode Indicative Tense Simple Present Present Perfect Simple Past Past Perfect I waylay have waylaid waylaid had waylaid you waylay have waylaid waylaid had waylaid he/she/it waylays has waylaid waylaid had waylaid we ...
TZ-one, 2013
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Acceptable Risk
The author of Chromosome 6 presents another thriller that gives readers an unsettling glimpse into the dangers of antidepressant drugs and tackles the ethics involved in such personality-altering medications as Prozac. Reissue.
Robin Cook, 1996
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ECSCW ’99
To apply this to the case ofBABBLE, let's consider waylay through the lens of social affordances. Instances of the communicative practice of waylay — watching for a person to be active and then opening a communication channel with them ...
Susanne Bødker, Morten Kyng, K. Schmidt, 1999
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Dictionary of the English/Creole of Trinidad & Tobago: On ...
Shouts were issuing from the tent. “Wuh dat waylay-waylay for?” asked Nen-nen. (Lewis 1972:61) ◊ Make waylay waylay. To make a noisy fuss. (Haynes 1987:170 ) ◊ “What is all that wele-wele?” (1990) ◊ “There was this waylay-waylay coming ...
Lise Winer, 2009
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The Life And Death Of Cormac The Skald ("Kormak's Saga"):
05. They. Waylay. Cormac: And. The. Witch. Curses. Him. There was a woman named Thorveig, andsheknewa deal too much. She lived at Steinsstadir ( Stonestead) inMidfiord, andhadtwosons; the elder was Odd, and theyounger Gudmund.
W.G. Collingwood And J. Stefansson, 2014
6
Vocabulary Building for a Masters Degree
... mount, multiply, mushroom, proliferate, rise, snowball, swell. WAYLAY. • Jackand Nicole are settling in down in Ct. It has been wonderful to have them here as a waylay on the way to their home. • Waylay (vb) • Waylaid • Waylaying • : to.
Idoniboye B. Bagshaw, 2014
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THE SESSIONAL PAPERS PRINTED BY ORDER OF THE HOUSE OF LORDS, ...
Assault - Waylay and Assault - Assault and forcibly entering a House Forcibly entering Houses and Intimidation Breaking Windows, firing a Shot, and Rockite Notice. Robbery of Arms - - - - Setting fire to Turf Clamps Serious Assault - - Waylay ...
‎1841
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Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
To WAYLAY, v. a. [_way and lay.] To watch insidiously in the way ; to befet by ambnsli. —I will waylay thee going home. Shak. — The employment of money is chiefly merchandizing or purchasing, and usury waylays both. Bacon. — How thou ...
‎1816
9
The Art of Column Writing: Insider Secrets from Art ...
This is my chance to waylay him. For those unfamiliar with highway robbery or being ambushed by bandits, the word, “waylay” means to accost, intercept or buttonhole — my intent exactly toward one of the world's great humorists. In fact, I' ll ...
Suzette Martinez Standring, 2007
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Faith & philosophy of Zoroastrianism
On these three roads three Gods (menok) have their dwelling, and three demons (Druj) seek to waylay. In thought Vohuman, (the Good Mind), has his dwelling, and Wrath seeks to waylay; in words Knowledge has its dwelling, and Heresy ...
Meena Iyer, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «WAYLAY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term waylay is used in the context of the following news items.
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Waylay zieht in deutschen Markt ein, mit Unterstützung der Ancud IT …
(PresseBox) (Nürnberg, 23.07.2015 ) Ab sofort kooperiert die Ancud IT-Beratung GmbH - Software-Integrator aus Nürnberg - mit waylay, einem belgischen ... «PresseBox, Jul 15»
2
La startup belge Waylay se distingue dans un concours européen …
Ces entreprises souhaitent aider les jeunes pousses à se lancer dans l'internet des objets. Si Waylay termine le programme d'incubation avec fruits, elle pourra ... «Digimedia, Jul 15»
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De Belgische start-up Waylay bekroond bij een Europese Internet of …
Het Belgische bedrijf Waylay is een van de twaalf start-ups die geselecteerd zijn voor het Challenge up! Incubation Program. Challenge Up! is een gezamenlijk ... «Digimedia, Jul 15»
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Cisco, DT & Intel Announce IoT Startup Picks
Waylay (Belgium) www.waylay.io Waylay is a real-time automation platform that integrates Internet-of-Things (IoT) with enterprise IT systems and online services ... «Light Reading, Jul 15»
5
Rebels plan to waylay Cosatu congress
Johannesburg - The Cosatu special national congress (SNC), due to begin in Midrand on Monday, is expected to get stuck on credentials – one of the first items ... «Independent Online, Jul 15»
6
Greek drama not likely to waylay Federal Reserve
But the gyrations in the markets were not dramatic enough to waylay the Fed, analysts said. "They don't have to raise rates tomorrow morning," said Roberto ... «Reuters, Jun 15»
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Manipur: Army Men Killed, Injured in Militants' Waylay
Eleven Army men killed and at least 12 injured in a militants' waylay n Thursday morning in Manipur's Chandel district. The waylay on the 6 Dogra convoy ... «Odisha Samaya, Jun 15»
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Level 3 Tries to Waylay Hackers
Earlier this month, Brett Wentworth took Level 3 Communications Inc. LVLT 0.88 % into territory that most rivals have been reluctant to enter. The director of ... «Wall Street Journal, May 15»
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15-y-o sexually assaulted, man charged
The OCA said he would” habitually waylay the child and engage in sexual acts with her on multiple occasions”. The Office of the Children's Advocate on Sunday ... «Jamaica Observer, May 15»
10
Culprit's 3 friends waylay, threaten road rage witness
A teenage eyewitness has claimed he was waylaid and threatened on Tuesday by three men who wanted him to withdraw a road rage in which his friend was ... «Deccan Herald, May 15»

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