| lay | Past tense of lie. the past tense of lie | en |
| lay | To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan | en |
| lay | 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 | en |
| lay | To cause to lie dead or dying | en |
| lay | 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 | en |
| lay | To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint | en |
| lay | To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit | en |
| lay | A law | en |
| lay | Faith; creed; religious profession | en |
| lay | To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs | en |
| lay | An obligation; a vow | en |
| lay | A melody; any musical utterance | en |
| lay | A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad | en |
| lay | To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun | en |
| lay | A meadow | en |
| lay | To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue | en |
| lay | in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope | en |
| lay | To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone | en |
| lay | To put the strands of a rope, a cable, etc | en |
| lay | To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one | en |
| lay | To apply; to put | en |
| lay | To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land | en |
| lay | To impute; to charge; to allege | en |
| lay | To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one | en |
| lay | To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk | en |
| lay | imp | en |
| lay | To have sexual intercourse with someone, especially in a casual manner | en |
| lay | To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another (e.g. lay brick, lay flooring.) | en |
| lay | To cause to subside or abate | en |
| lay | To lie | en |
| lay | defn, English | en |
| lay | To leave something somewhere | en |
| lay | To place something down in a position of rest | en |
| lay | garlic | en |
| lay | To wager that an event will not take place (the opposite of to back) | en |
| lay | To produce and deposit (an egg) | en |
| lay | To prepare (e.g., the groundwork, the table) | en |
| lay | The direction a rope is twisted | en |
| lay | Arrangement or relationship; layout; eg, the lay of the land | en |
| lay | Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother | en |
| lay | Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease | en |
| lay | Not educated or cultivated; ignorant | en |
| lay | The laity; the common people | en |
| lay | of Lie, to recline | en |
| lay | To place (new type) properly in the cases | en |
| lay | A casual sexual partner | en |
| lay | A ballad or sung poem | en |
| lay | Not belonging to the clergy | en |
| lay | Non-professional, not being a member of an organized institution (e.g. scientific lay person) | en |
| lay | See Lea | en |
| lay | 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 | en |
| lay | 1) As a command, it means to go in the direction indicated, e g , "Lay aloft!" (go up) or "Lay alow!" (come down) 2) Of a line or rope, it refers to "the direction in which the strands are twisted" (Colcord) These two definitions, out of a host, are most pertinent to the Lady | en |
| lay | The length measured along the axis of a wire or cable required for a single strand (in a stranded wire) or conductor (in cable) to make one complete turn about the axis of the conductor or cable | en |
| lay | Originally the Anglicized term for the French lai, it later came to be used by English poets as a synonym for song or for narrative poetry of moderate length (See also Tragedy) | en |
| lay | Pertaining to wire & cable, the axial distance required for one cabled conductor or conductor strand to complete one revolution about the axis around which it is cabled | en |
| lay | A song or simple narrative poem The form originated in medieval France Early French lais were often based on the Celtic legends and other tales sung by Breton minstrels thus the name of the "Breton lay " In fourteenth-century England, the term "lay" was used to describe short narratives written in imitation of the Breton lays The most notable of these is Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Minstrel's Tale " | en |
| lay | The way in which strands of a rope or cable are twisted Climbing and SRT Ref JJ | en |
| lay | Direction and angle in which the strands of a rope are twisted Submitted by Piers from London, UK | en |
| lay | (aka lai) A form of poetry set to music, born in 13th-century France | en |
| lay | To produce and deposit eggs | en |
| lay | (1) place or put something, as in: Lay the book on the table | en |
| lay | A long narrative poem, especially one that was sung by medieval minstrels called trouvères The Lais of Marie de France are lays | en |
| lay | from laios, a Greek word meaning the people | en |
| lay | The length measured along the axis of a wire or cable required for a single strand (in stranded wire) or conductor (in cable) to make one complete turn about the axis of the conductor or cable | en |
| lay | place in a horizontal position; set in place; produce and deposit (an egg or eggs); present, propose; prepare; spread out; put; set; deposit; locate; cause; appease; cause to subside or end; bet, wager fiil | en |
| lay | a narrative song with a recurrent refrain | en |
| lay | way in which something is laid or lies (especially of a country); (Slang) sexual partner (vulgar); (Slang) sexual intercourse (vulgar) isim | en |
| lay | poem which tells a story (especially one that can be sung); song isim | en |
| lay | not clerical; not a member of the ordained clergy; not professional, not a member of a certain profession; not having expertise; of or done by the laity sıfat | en |
| lay | a narrative poem of popular origin | en |
| lay | 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" | en |
| lay | Pertaining to wire and cable, the axial distance required for one cable conductor or conductor strand to complete one revolution about the axis around which it is cabled | en |
| lay | The axial distance required for one cabled conductor or conductor strand to complete one revolution about the axis around which it is cabled | en |
| lay | not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease" | en |
| lay | concerning those not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"; "the choir sings both sacred and secular music" | en |
| lay | The position of print on a sheet of paper | en |
| lay | (1) the direction of advance of any point in a strand for one complete turn; (2) the amount of advance of any point in a strand for one complete turn See pitch | en |
| lay | put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" | en |
| lay | See 1st Lea (a) | en |
| lay | A plan; a scheme | en |
| lay | Position on the ground where a tree will fall when severed from the stump (10) | en |
| lay | The lathe of a loom | en |
| lay | A measure of yarn; a lea | en |
| lay | To lay a wager; to bet | en |
| lay | To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft | en |
| lay | A job, price, or profit | en |
| lay | A wager | en |
| lay | 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 | en |
| lay | lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay" | en |
| lay | See Lathe, 3 | en |
| lay | put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay" prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan" impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone" not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease | en |
| lay | Pertaining to wire and cable, the axial distance required for one cabled conductor or conductor strand to complete one revolution about the axis around which it is cabled Lay Direction The twist in the cables as indicated by the top strands while looking along the axis of the cable away from the observer Described as "right hand or "left hand" | en |
| lay | To go; that is, Iay aft or lay aloft, lay to (i e , heave to), lay up, lay a course The twisting of strands in a rope | en |
| lay | The direction of predominant surface features | en |
| lay | A narrative poem set to music | en |
| lay | The position of print on a sheet of paper Lays (front and side) - the guides to which paper is fed before being printed or folded Lay edges - the edges of a sheet which are laid against the front and side lays | en |
| lay | postp + loc : about, as regards (also topic marker) | en |
| lay | impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone" | en |
| lay | not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease | en |
| lay | prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan" | en |
| lay | The Slightly curved portion of a clarinet or saxophone mouthpiece that faces the reed | en |
| lay | Short lengths of pipe welded together offshore & laid from the back of a lay ship Max lay rate 5miles / day | en |
| lie | be in a horizontal position, recline; be placed in a horizontal position; rest; be located, be situated; be or remain in a particular position or condition; be, exist; extend; be acceptable (Law) fiil | en |
| laying | act of placing in a horizontal position; setting in place, setting down, arranging; causing to lie down; putting; placing isim | en |
| To lay | legge | en |
| laid | of Lay | en |
| laid | Laid is the past tense and past participle of lay. Past tense and past participle of lay. past tense and past participle of lay | en |
| laid | set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern | en |
| laid | past tense of to lay | en |
| laid | positioned horizontally; fallen down; placed; displayed; thrown; located; set; caused; appeased sıfat | en |
| laid | set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern" | en |
| laid | past participle of to lay | en |
| laid | A finished produced with a dandy roll having closely spaced wires | en |
| laid | Ribbed paper finish, closely resembling handmade paper | en |
| laid | A fne quality paper in which the smooth wove surface is replaced by a series of translucent lines about 1mm apart crossed at 90o by lines 25mm apart These are created by a wire roller, called a Dandy Roll, on the papermaking machine | en |
| laying | present participle of lay | en |
| laying | the production of eggs (especially in birds) | en |
| laying | The act or period of laying eggs; the eggs laid for one incubation; a clutch | en |
| laying | The first coat on laths of plasterer's two-coat work | en |
| laying | The act of one who, or that which, lays | en |
| lays | third-person singular of lay | en |
| lays | plural of lay | en |