layover
1 of 2noun
lay·over ˈlā-ˌō-vər 
: stopover
lay over
2 of 2verb
laid over; laying over; lays over
transitive verb
: postpone
intransitive verb
: to make a stopover
Synonyms
Noun
- stop
- stopover
Verb
- defer
- delay
- hold off (on)
- hold over
- hold up
- postpone
- put off
- put over
- remit
- shelve
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Example Sentences
Noun our flight from New York to San Francisco made a layover in Chicago Verb we'll have to lay over a discussion of the issue until the next meeting
Recent Examples on the Web
Stephanie Orma, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 Their flight to Baltimore, their first layover, was scheduled to leave around 10:30 a.m. Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2022 There was so much art filling the little boat that, during his overnight layover en route to Sitka, Bealer had no room to lie down. Eva Holland, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2020 Asim Ghafoor, an American citizen, and Khashoggi’s former lawyer, was detained in the Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates on July 16 while on a layover from a family wedding abroad. Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2022 In July, Jessica Lee, a 19-year-old from Australia was charged $1,844 for keeping a footlong chicken and lettuce sandwich from Subway from a layover in Singapore in her purse, per the Washington Post. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2022 Who wants to sit twiddling their thumbs in a layover city or airport? Nerdwallet, cleveland, 31 July 2022 With a year layover before her cohort started, Lambert worked at the Washington Post as a secretary to the assistant managing editor. Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022 Issachar was arrested in 2019 and sentenced to 7½ years in prison after 0.3 ounces of marijuana was found in her luggage during a three-hour layover in Moscow while traveling from India to Israel. Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022 Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2022 Then this braid will lay over this part, and this braid is kind of laying over on the side of this braid. Ashley Abramson, Allure, 11 Aug. 2021 The total order was for 14 flags, Brewer added, including 12 to lay over coffins for a burial scene. BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2021 After nearly two hours of comments, including three people speaking in favor of the ordinance and 11 against, supervisors voted to lay over the ordinance until April, giving them time to visit the trails. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2021 The Floral Heart Project, another participating group, will lay over 100 floral hearts created by volunteers across the US. Alaa Elassar, CNN, 1 Mar. 2021 Divide up the cheese slices and lay over the apples. Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020 My arms itched, my scalp itched, and malaise lay over me like a mist. Seija Rankin, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2020 Nine-year-old Morgan Anderson was stranded at Denver International Airport with her family during an interminable lay over Friday afternoon on their way to North Dakota. Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2020 See More
Noun
But the Hyatt Regency JFK International Airport is a New York layover must. Stephanie Orma, Forbes, 1 Aug. 2022 Their flight to Baltimore, their first layover, was scheduled to leave around 10:30 a.m. Claire Rafford, The Indianapolis Star, 25 July 2022 There was so much art filling the little boat that, during his overnight layover en route to Sitka, Bealer had no room to lie down. Eva Holland, Outside Online, 30 Mar. 2020 Asim Ghafoor, an American citizen, and Khashoggi’s former lawyer, was detained in the Dubai airport in the United Arab Emirates on July 16 while on a layover from a family wedding abroad. Abdul El-sayed, The New Republic, 5 Aug. 2022 In July, Jessica Lee, a 19-year-old from Australia was charged $1,844 for keeping a footlong chicken and lettuce sandwich from Subway from a layover in Singapore in her purse, per the Washington Post. Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 2 Aug. 2022 Who wants to sit twiddling their thumbs in a layover city or airport? Nerdwallet, cleveland, 31 July 2022 With a year layover before her cohort started, Lambert worked at the Washington Post as a secretary to the assistant managing editor. Cheryl Robinson, Forbes, 4 Aug. 2022 Issachar was arrested in 2019 and sentenced to 7½ years in prison after 0.3 ounces of marijuana was found in her luggage during a three-hour layover in Moscow while traveling from India to Israel. Cydney Henderson, USA TODAY, 14 July 2022 Verb
True to the Superleggera legacy, the curvy exterior is composed of thin-gauge aluminum panels that lay over a steel tube structure. Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 17 Mar. 2022 Then this braid will lay over this part, and this braid is kind of laying over on the side of this braid. Ashley Abramson, Allure, 11 Aug. 2021 The total order was for 14 flags, Brewer added, including 12 to lay over coffins for a burial scene. BostonGlobe.com, 27 Apr. 2021 After nearly two hours of comments, including three people speaking in favor of the ordinance and 11 against, supervisors voted to lay over the ordinance until April, giving them time to visit the trails. Chelsey Lewis, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Apr. 2021 The Floral Heart Project, another participating group, will lay over 100 floral hearts created by volunteers across the US. Alaa Elassar, CNN, 1 Mar. 2021 Divide up the cheese slices and lay over the apples. Star Tribune, 16 Oct. 2020 My arms itched, my scalp itched, and malaise lay over me like a mist. Seija Rankin, EW.com, 7 Oct. 2020 Nine-year-old Morgan Anderson was stranded at Denver International Airport with her family during an interminable lay over Friday afternoon on their way to North Dakota. Joe Rubino, The Denver Post, 7 Feb. 2020 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1873, in the meaning defined above
Verb
1838, in the meaning defined at transitive sense
layovers
noun
as in stops
a brief halt in a journey our flight from New York to San Francisco made a layover in Chicago Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- stops
- stopovers
- pauses
- rests
- breaks