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lay over

3 syllables

Quick answer

As a verb, lay over means interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight.

Meanings of lay over

2 meanings

verb

Interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight
“We had to stop over in Venezuela on our flight back from Brazil”
Similar: stop over
Place on top of
“can you superimpose the two images?”
Similar: superimpose, superpose

Meanings from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).

Synonyms by meaning

verb: interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight

verb: place on top of

superimpose superpose

Nearby words

laxity laxly laxness lay lay off lay out lay up layabout layaway layer layered layette