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Showing words for WAYLAID using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Waylaid

waylaid

5 Letter Words for Waylaid

adlay, alday, alway, awald, daily, dalai, dayal, layia, waily

4 Letter Words for Waylaid

adaw, aday, alai, alay, alia, away, awdl, daal, dail, dali, dial, idly, lady, laid, wada, wadi, wady, waid, wail, wald, wali, waly, wild, wily, yald, yali, yawl

3 Letter Words for Waylaid

aal, ady, aia, aid, ail, ala, ald, alw, aly, awa, awd, awl, dal, daw, day, dia, dil, iaa, ida, iwa, laa, lad, lai, law, lay, lid, wad, way, wid, yad, yaw, yid

Definitions for Waylaid

[1] simple past tense and past participle of waylay.
[2] to intercept or attack from ambush, as in order to rob, seize, or slay.
[3] to await and accost unexpectedly: The actor was waylaid by a swarm of admirers.
[4] to lie in wait for and attack
[5] to await and intercept unexpectedly

Words related to Waylaid

accost, box, skulk, slink, lurk, prowl, bushwhack, jump, attack, surprise, catch, assail, ambuscade

Words nearby Waylaid

wayfarer, wayfaring, wayfaring tree, waygoing, waygoing crop, waylaid, wayland, waylay, wayleave, wayleggo, wayless

Origin of Waylaid

y1505–15; way1 + lay1, after Middle Low German, Middle Dutch wegelagen to lie in wait, derivative of wegelage a lying in wait

Other words from Waylaid

way·lay·er , noun

Word origin for Waylaid

yC16: from way + lay 1

Synonyms for Waylaid

accost, ambuscade, assail, attack, box, bushwhack, catch, jump, lurk, prowl, skulk, slink, surprise, hold up, lay for, lie in wait, pounce on, set upon, swoop down on