to lay to rest

Examples

• All

• Buddy Ryan was laid to rest today in Lawrenceburg Kentucky.

  '85: The Greatest Team in Football History (2016)

• By the time Ian returned home, Allison Marie had already been laid to rest.

  Fiction book (2001)

• And I'll lay him to rest right next to you.

  Broken Horses (2015)

• Once the body is laid to rest, the idea of death is left behind.

  Academic text (2012)

• I thought Laura might want to be laid to rest here in whatever place her mother was buried.

  Sleeping with the Enemy (1991)

• His mother had been laid to rest on a glorious day.

  Fiction book (1999)

• We're gathered here today, to lay to rest our beloved boss.

  The Smell of Success (2011)

• Mr. Tunstall was laid to rest this morning.

  The Left Handed Gun (1958)

• In accordance with the regulations of the state of Mississippi, we gather today to lay to rest the remains of inmates R. Gibson, number 4316, and C. Banks, number 4317.

  Life (1999)

• We are here to lay to rest our dear friend, who brought joy to our lives.

Synonyms

B

to bury

vsto lay to rest

∞ 1.7

To put something in the ground and cover it with soil, for example a body or treasure

is mainly used for funeral ceremony rather than any ground covering

E

to entomb

vsto lay to rest

11 8.1

To put a dead body in a tomb or enclose something as if buried

is more general used for funeral burial not only in tombs

I

to inter

vsto lay to rest

• Formal

4 8.7

To put a dead body in a grave

is the ordinary funeral phrase rather than a technical term

I

to inhume

vsto lay to rest

• Specialized

9.9

To put a dead body in a grave or tomb

is the common funeral phrase rather than medical or archaic wording

Antonyms

E

to exhume

• Specialized

34 8.1

To dig up a body from the ground for checking or burying again

How Buried

to crypt

• Archaic

1 9.9

to bury

∞ 1.7

to lay to rest

21 4.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology