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RELATED WORDS : change hands easy lay hands hands down keep one's hands off lay lay aside lay away lay before lay by lay claim lay down lay down the law lay eyes on lay figure lay in lay into lay it on thick lay low lay off lay on lay on the line lay out lay over lay reader lay shaft lay the foundation lay to lay to rest lay up lay waste lay waste to lay witness laying on of hands shake hands wash one's hands

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb lay hands on has 1 sense

• lay hands on(v = verb.contact) - manage with the hands;
is one way to manipulate
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something

THESAURUS

lay hands on

abduct, administer the Eucharist, ambush, annex, anoint, assail, assault, attack, bless, blitz, bushwhack, carry off, chrism, come at, come down on, confirm, crack down on, cross, descend on, descend upon, do duty, fall on, fall upon, gang up on, get at, get hold of, give benediction, glom on to, go at, go for, grab, harry, have at, hit, hit like lightning, impose, invoke benefits upon, jump, kidnap, land on, lay at, lay into, light into, minister, mug, officiate, perform a rite, perform service, pitch into, pounce upon, pound, sail into, set on, set upon, shanghai, strike, surprise, swoop down on, take over, take possession, take the offensive, take up, throttle, wade into

ROGET THESAURUS

lay hands on

Rite

VB perform service, do duty, minister, officiate, baptize, dip, sprinkle, anoint, confirm, lay hands on, give the sacrament, administer the sacrament, administer extreme unction, hear confession, administer holy penance, shrive, excommunicate, ban with bell book and candle, attend services, attend mass, go to mass, hear mass, take the sacrament, receive the sacrament, receive communion, attend the sacrament, partake of the sacrament, partake of communion, communicate, receive extreme unction, confess, go to confession, receive penance, anele, preach, sermonize, predicate, lecture.

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