song - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs"

minstrelsy - ballads sung by minstrels

poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines

Edda - either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandanavian mythology

put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here"

docket - place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried"

cock - set the trigger of a firearm back for firing

postpose - place after another constituent in the sentence; "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them"

prepose - place before another constituent in the sentence; "English proposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them"

step - place (a ship's mast) in its step

put back, replace - put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them"

stratify - form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses"

plant - place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment"

intersperse - place at intervals in or among; "intersperse exclamation marks ina the text"

snuggle, nestle - position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow"

pile - place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested"

arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"

superimpose, superpose, lay over - place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"

superpose - place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide

park - place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker"

ensconce, settle - fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair"

emplace - put into place or position; "the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar"

emplace - provide a new emplacement for guns

ship - place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel"

underlay - put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid athe shingles with roofing paper"

trench - set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables"

pigeonhole - place into a small compartment

shelve - place on a shelve; "shelve books"

jar - place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam"

repose - to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King"

stick, put forward - cause to protrude or as if to protrude; "stick one's hand out of the window"; "stick one's nose into other people's business"

sign - place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed"

middle - put in the middle

parallelize - place parallel to one another

butt - place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints"

recess - put into a recess; "recess lights"

reposition - place into another position

throw, thrust - place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar"

tee, tee up - place on a tee; "tee golf balls"

rack up - place in a rack; "rack pool balls"

coffin - place into a coffin; "her body was coffined"

bed - put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock"

appose - place side by side or in close proximity

place down, put down, set down - cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here"

sough, sow, seed - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds"

misplace - place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position; "misplaced modifiers"

juxtapose - place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors"

set down - put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley"

lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

rail - lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here"

lay - lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"

blow - lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow"

entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest, bury - place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaos were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday"

rebury - bury again; "After the king's body had been exhumed and tested to traces of poison, it was reburied in the same spot"

lay aside, save up, save - feather one's nest; have a nest egg; "He saves half his salary"

cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash - save up as for future use

superimpose, superpose, lay over - place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"

machinate, devise, prepare, organise, organize, get up - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"

spawn - lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn"

lay, put down, repose - put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

levy, impose - impose and collect; "levy a fine"

profane - not sacred or concerned with religion; "sacred and profane music"; "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"

nonprofessional - not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors"