Waylay

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  • transitive verb. To lie in wait for and attack from ambush. synonym: ambush.
  • transitive verb. To approach and speak to (a person on the way to a destination or in the middle of an activity).
  • transitive verb. To interrupt the course or progress of.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To lie in wait for in the way, in order to lay hold of for some purpose; particularly, to lie in wait for with the view of accosting, seizing, assaulting, robbing, or slaying; take in ambush: as, to waylay a traveler.
  • To beset with ambushes or ambuscades; ambuscade.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • transitive verb. To lie in wait for; to meet or encounter in the way; especially, to watch for the passing of, with a view to seize, rob, or slay; to beset in ambush.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To lie in wait for and attack from ambush.
  • verb. To accost or intercept unexpectedly.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. wait in hiding to attack
    • Word Usage
    "Curtis started, to what you have called waylay him in the avenue."
    cross-reference
    ambush  lurk  
    Form
    waylaid  waylaying  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    wait  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    melee  palay  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    biomechanical  bona fide  dramatical  fellow  half-defined  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    ambush  
    variant
    waylaid  
    verb-form
    waylaid  waylayed  waylaying  waylays  
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