lay to rest

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

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

1. (idiomatic) To bury one who has died.

   He was laid to rest beneath the old oak tree in 1825.

Synonyms

• (to bury one who has died): entomb, inhume, inter, bury, grave