LAY
\lˈe͡ɪ], \lˈeɪ], \l_ˈeɪ]\
Definitions of LAY
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
- 1871 - The Cabinet Dictionary of the English Language
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not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
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put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
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prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
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lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"
By Princeton University
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not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
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put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
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lay eggs; of female animals; "This hen doesn't lay"
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prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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of Lie, to recline.
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Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
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Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
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Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
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The laity; the common people.
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A meadow. See Lea.
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Faith; creed; religious profession.
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A law.
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An obligation; a vow.
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A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
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A melody; any musical utterance.
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To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.
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To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.
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To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
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To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
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To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
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To cause to lie dead or dying.
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To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
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To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
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To apply; to put.
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To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
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To impute; to charge; to allege.
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To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
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To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
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To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
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To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
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To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.
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To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
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To place (new type) properly in the cases.
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To produce and deposit eggs.
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To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.
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To lay a wager; to bet.
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That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.
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A wager.
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A job, price, or profit.
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A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.
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A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
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The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
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A plan; a scheme.
By Oddity Software
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of Lie, to recline.
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Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
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Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
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Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
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The laity; the common people.
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A meadow. See Lea.
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Faith; creed; religious profession.
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A law.
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An obligation; a vow.
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A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
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A melody; any musical utterance.
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To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.
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To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.
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To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
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To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
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To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
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To cause to lie dead or dying.
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To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
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To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
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To apply; to put.
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To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
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To impute; to charge; to allege.
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To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
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To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
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To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
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To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
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To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.
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To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
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To place (new type) properly in the cases.
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To produce and deposit eggs.
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To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.
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To lay a wager; to bet.
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That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.
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A wager.
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A job, price, or profit.
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A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.
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A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
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The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
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A plan; a scheme.
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of Lie
By Noah Webster.
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A law.
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To place; deposit; impose; attribute or ascribe; impute; present.
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To make ready, as a table for a meal.
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To drop eggs, as fowls.
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Imp. of LIE, v.
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Laic.
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The manner in which something lies or is placed; a line of work; a layer; a bet.
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A song; ballad.
By James Champlin Fernald
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Past tense of the intransitive verb lie.
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To put or place; spread over; cause to lie; settle; calm; bring forth and drop, as an egg; wager; deposit; set or form secretly; as, to lay a trap or plot; impose, as a burden; as, to lay a task on someone.
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To produce eggs.
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A simple song or poem.
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Laid.
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Laying.
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
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Pa. t. of LIE, to lay one's self down.
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To cause to lie down: to place or set down: to beat down: to spread on a surface: to calm: to appease: to wager: to bring forth: to impose: to charge: to present.
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To produce eggs:-pr.p. laying; pa.t. and pa.p. laid.
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A song: a lyric or narrative poem.
By Daniel Lyons
By William Hand Browne, Samuel Stehman Haldeman
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n. [German] A row; a stratum; a layer;— a wager; a bet;— a venture; an undertaking.
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n. [Anglo-Saxon] A song;— a species of narrative poetry among the ancient minstrels.
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n. A swinging frame in a loom, by which the weft-threads are laid parallel to each other against the cloth previously woven.
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