lay
/leɪ/
To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position; To cause to subside or abate; To prepare; to set out, establish
- he/she/it
- lays
- past
- laid
- past participle
- laid
Meanings
- 1
To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position
I lay thinking about Tom.
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Lay it on the table.
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- 2
To cause to subside or abate
- 3
To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle)
- 4
To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another
- 5
To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs)
- 6
To compel a supernatural entity to cease haunting a place, often by ritual or prayer; to exorcise or banish (a spirit or ghost)rare
- 7
To bet (that something is or is not the case)rare
- 8
To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to riskrare
- 9
To have sex withrare
- 10
To state; to allegerare