Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to offlay
Participle: offlaid
Gerund: offlaying
Indicative
Present
| I | offlay |
| you | offlay |
| he;she;it | offlays |
| we | offlay |
| you | offlay |
| they | offlay |
Perfect
| I | have offlaid |
| you | have offlaid |
| he;she;it | has offlaid |
| we | have offlaid |
| you | have offlaid |
| they | have offlaid |
Past
| I | offlaid |
| you | offlaid |
| he;she;it | offlaid |
| we | offlaid |
| you | offlaid |
| they | offlaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had offlaid |
| you | had offlaid |
| he;she;it | had offlaid |
| we | had offlaid |
| you | had offlaid |
| they | had offlaid |
Future
| I | will offlay |
| you | will offlay |
| he;she;it | will offlay |
| we | will offlay |
| you | will offlay |
| they | will offlay |
Future Perfect
| I | will have offlaid |
| you | will have offlaid |
| he;she;it | will have offlaid |
| we | will have offlaid |
| you | will have offlaid |
| they | will have offlaid |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | offlay |
| you | offlay |
| he;she;it | offlay |
| we | offlay |
| you | offlay |
| they | offlay |
Perfect
| I | have offlaid |
| you | have offlaid |
| he;she;it | have offlaid |
| we | have offlaid |
| you | have offlaid |
| they | have offlaid |
Imperfect
| I | offlaid |
| you | offlaid |
| he;she;it | offlaid |
| we | offlaid |
| you | offlaid |
| they | offlaid |
Pluperfect
| I | had offlaid |
| you | had offlaid |
| he;she;it | had offlaid |
| we | had offlaid |
| you | had offlaid |
| they | had offlaid |
Conditional
Present
| I | would offlay |
| you | would offlay |
| he;she;it | would offlay |
| we | would offlay |
| you | would offlay |
| they | would offlay |
Perfect
| I | would have offlaid |
| you | would have offlaid |
| he;she;it | would have offlaid |
| we | would have offlaid |
| you | would have offlaid |
| they | would have offlaid |
Imperative
| you | offlay |
| we | Let's offlay |
| you | offlay |
Verbs conjugated like 'offlay'
againsay,
appay,
assay,
belay,
enlay,
forelay,
foresay,
forlay,
forsay,
gainsay,
inlay,
interlay,
lay,
mislay,
mispay,
missay,
outlay,
outstay,
overlay,
overpay, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'offlay'
affray,
effray,
flay,
offcap,
offgas,
offlead,
offload,
onlay,
outlay,
affear,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
From off- + lay. Possibly from Middle English oflæien (“to offlay; delay”), from Old English ofleċġan (“to lay down; put away; overlay; cover”), from Proto-Germanic *abalagjaną. Compare also Dutch afleggen, German ablegen. See: Proto-Germanic '
*abalagjaną', Dutch '
afleggen', German, old spelling '
ablegen'.
Verbs referencing "offlay"
Luxembourgish
ofleeën.
Sample Sentences
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The subcontractors themselves outsource work to others in a 'chain of subcontractors' in order further to offlay risks. [1993, Professor Scott M Lash, Professor John Urry, Economies of Signs and Space - Page 178:]
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That seemed to offlay the sense of "the bastards who did this". Quite often there seemed to me to be a sense of failure to protect one's own from the bastards. [2000, Dorothy Rowe, Friends and enemies - Page 171:]
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[…] that you are going to control people's lives to the extent that they are able and willing to incur carbon cost which they will then have to offlay. [2007, Climate Change: The Citizen's Agenda, Eighth Report of Session 2006-07, Vol. 2: Oral and Written Evidence]