lay the table's Usage Examples:

Yet the staff had to lay the table for at least four persons because it is said that the king used to talk.

At dinner time, Henry helps lay the table and ignores Peter's whining that he always lays the table.

They lay the table together, one pours the water, and another brings the food and serves.

Alfons' father is upset when they lay the table, while eating and hurry to Kindergarten.

How to lay the table with a summer supper of nine dishes, sweet and savoury, 1764.

Synonyms:

tabular array; periodic table; array; table of contents; contents; statistical table; correlation table; row; actuarial table; calendar; file allocation table; column;

Antonyms:

fauna; agitate; derestrict; deny; enable;