LAY SOMETHING ON THICK (OR WITH A TROWEL)

Meaning of LAY SOMETHING ON THICK (OR WITH A TROWEL) in English

lay something on thick ( or with a trowel)

informal

grossly exaggerate or overemphasize something.

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ON
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WITH
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LAY
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TROWEL — truelie (-ade)
English interlingue dictionary
WITH — I. (|)wi]th, ]th, _wə] preposition Etymology: Middle English, from Old English, preposition & adverb, against, opposite, toward, with; akin to …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TROWEL — I. ˈtrau̇(ə)l noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English trowell, truel, from Middle French truelle, from Late Latin truella, trulla …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THICK — I. ˈthik adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English thikke, from Old English thicce; akin to Old High German dicki …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OR — I. _ə(r), (|)ȯ(ə)r, (|)ȯ(ə), in southern US also (|)ä(r) conjunction Etymology: Middle English other, or, from Old English oththe, oththa, …
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ON — I. (|)ȯn, (|)än, in the southeastern US sometimes (|)ōn preposition Etymology: Middle English, preposition & adverb, fr Old English an, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; laid ; laying ; lays ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
THICK — (superl.) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; as, a …
Английский словарь Webster
THICK — ( superl. ) Having more depth or extent from one surface to its opposite than usual; not thin or slender; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TROWEL — — troweler; esp. Brit., troweller , n. /trow"euhl/ , n. , v. , troweled, troweling or ( esp. Brit. ) …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
THICK
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LAY — lay 1 /lay/ , v. , laid, laying , n. v.t. 1. to put or place in a horizontal position …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TROWEL — I. ˈtrau̇(-ə)l noun Etymology: Middle English truel, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin truella, from Latin trulla ladle Date: 13th century …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
THICK — I. ˈthik adjective Etymology: Middle English thikke, from Old English thicce; akin to Old High German dicki thick, Old Irish …
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LAY — I. ˈlā verb ( laid ˈlād ; lay·ing ) Etymology: Middle English leyen, from Old English lecgan; akin to Old …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TROWEL — noun a tool used for smoothing a mold. 2. trowel ·noun a mason's tool, used in spreading and dressing mortar, …
Webster English vocab
THICK — adv frequently; fast; quick. 2. thick ·noun a thicket; as, gloomy thicks. 3. thick ·superl deep; profound; as, thick sleep. …
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LAY
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TROWEL — [trow.el] n [ME truel, fr. MF truelle, fr. LL truella, fr. L trulla ladle] (14c): any of various hand tools …
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THICK — [thick] adj [ME thikke, fr. OE thicce; akin to OHG dicki thick, OIr tiug] (bef. 12c) 1 a: having or …
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TROWEL — trowel BrE AmE ˈtra ʊ ‿əl traʊl AmE ˈtraʊ‿ ə l ▷ troweled, trowelled ˈtra ʊ ‿əld traʊld AmE ˈtraʊ‿ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TROWEL — / ˈtraʊəl; NAmE / noun 1. a small garden tool with a curved blade for lifting plants and digging holes …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THICK
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SOMETHING — / ˈsʌmθɪŋ; NAmE / pronoun , adverb ■ pronoun 1. a thing that is not known or mentioned by name …
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LAY
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — with S1 W1 /wɪð, wɪθ/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ; Origin: 'against, from, with' ] 1 . …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROWEL — trow ‧ el /ˈtraʊəl/ BrE AmE noun [countable] [ Date: 1300-1400 ; Language: Old French ; Origin: truelle , from …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
THICK — I. thick 1 S2 W2 /θɪk/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative thicker , superlative thickest ) [ Word Family: noun …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
SOMETHING
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OR — or S1 W1 /ə; strong ɔː $ ər strong ɔːr/ BrE AmE conjunction [ Language: Old English ; Origin: oththe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ON — I. on 1 S1 W1 /ɒn $ ɑːn, ɒːn/ BrE AmE preposition [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ON …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
LAY
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TROWEL — n. & v. --n. 1 a small hand-held tool with a flat pointed blade, used to apply and spread mortar …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
THICK — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1 a of great or specified extent between opposite surfaces (a thick wall; a wall …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
LAY — v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TROWEL — n. & v. n. 1 a small hand-held tool with a flat pointed blade, used to apply and spread mortar …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
THICK — adj., n., & adv. adj. 1 a of great or specified extent between opposite surfaces (a thick wall; a wall …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OR — conj. 1 a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
LAY — v. & n. v. (past and past part. laid) 1 tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in the …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TROWEL — n. & v. --n. 1. a small hand-held tool with a flat pointed blade, used to apply and spread mortar …
Oxford English vocab
THICK — adj., n., & adv. --adj. 1. a of great or specified extent between opposite surfaces (a thick wall; a wall …
Oxford English vocab
OR — 1.conj. 1. a introducing the second of two alternatives (white or black). b introducing all but the first, or only …
Oxford English vocab
LAY — 1. v. & n. --v. (past and past part. laid) 1. tr. place on a surface, esp. horizontally or in …
Oxford English vocab
LAY — I. VERB AND NOUN USES /leɪ/ ( lays, laying, laid) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
WITH — Pronounced /wɪð/ for meanings 20 and 21. Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TROWEL — ( trowels) 1. A trowel is a small garden tool which you use for digging small holes or removing weeds. …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
THICK — ( thicker, thickest) Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English. 1. Something that is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
SOMETHING — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use something to refer to …
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OR — Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. You use or to link two …
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ON — The preposition is pronounced /ɒn/. The adverb and the adjective are pronounced /ɒn/. Frequency: The word is one of the …
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THICK
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
SOMETHING — pronoun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES ... or anything/something spoken (= or something of the same kind ) ▪ Would you …
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OR
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SOMETHING — [pronoun] - an object, situation, quality or action which is not exactly known or statedThere's something sharp in my shoe.Something …
Cambridge English vocab
THICK — Synonyms and related words : Boeotian, a bit thick, a bit thin, absurd, abundant, accented, adhesive, alive, alive with, alveolar, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
THICK — INDEX: 1. thick 2. ways of talking about how thick something is RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ THIN thick liquid : …
Longman Activator English vocab
THICK — n. 25B6; adjective the walls are five feet thick : IN EXTENT/DIAMETER, across, wide, broad, deep. his short, thick legs …
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LAY — n. 25B6; verb Curtis laid the newspaper on the table : PUT (DOWN), place, set (down), deposit, rest, situate, locate, …
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TROWEL — 1. сущ. 1) строит. кельма, лопатка, мастерок bricklayer's trowel ≈ лопатка каменщика gardener's trowel ≈ садовая лопата plasterer's trowel ≈ …
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