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to lay bare
para dejar al descubierto
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lay verb

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laid, has laid, is laying, lays
poner, colocar; hacer; imponer

Example sentences of
lay verb

  • •Lay the fabric carefully on the table.
  • •He laid a gentle hand on her shoulder.
  • •She laid the baby in his crib for a nap.
  • •When will they lay the foundation for the addition?
  • •He laid the newspaper on the desk.
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  • •lay tracks for the new railroad
  • •They laid him in his grave.
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Synonyms of
lay verb

impose, place, put
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¿Cuándo se usa lay y cuándo lie?
  • No confundir lay (tiempo pasado: laid) con lie (tiempo pasado: lay). Ejemplo de lay > The mother laid the baby in the crib. Ejemplo de lie> > The baby lay in the

bare adjective

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desnudo; descubierto, sin protección; desprovisto, vacío; mero, mínimo; puro, sencillo

Example sentences of
bare adjective

  • •He had a glove on his left hand, but his right hand was bare.
  • •Do not let the bare wires touch.
  • •He covered her bare arms with his coat.
  • •The ground was bare where the statue had stood for years.
  • •There was only one bare shelf.
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  • •Her office was pretty bare, having only one desk and one chair.
  • •This is the barest room in the house.
  • •He only told me the bare facts about what happened.
  • •There was a rug in the front room of the house, but the other floors were bare.
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Synonyms of
bare adjective

naked, nude, bald, barren, exposed, empty, minimum, plain
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  • No confundir bare con bear.