Definition of Lay

lay
1. Direct or adjust the aim of a weapon. 2. Setting of a weapon for a given range, a given direction, or both. 3. To drop one or more aerial bombs or aerial mines onto the surface from an aircraft. 4. To spread a smoke screen on the ground from an aircraft. 5. To calculate or project a course. 6. To lay on: a. to execute a bomber strike; b. to set up a mission.
  

Lay
(v. t.)
A plan; a scheme.
  
(v. t.)
A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
  
(v. t.)
A job, price, or profit.
  
(v. t.)
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.
  
(v. i.)
To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.
  
(v. i.)
To produce and deposit eggs.
  
(v. i.)
To lay a wager; to bet.
  
(n.)
The laity; the common people.
  
(n.)
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.
  
(n.)
Faith; creed; religious profession.
  
(n.)
An obligation; a vow.
  
(n.)
A meadow. See Lea.
  
(n.)
A law.
  
(imp.)
of Lie, to recline.
  
(imp.)
of Lie
  
(a.)
Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
  
(a.)
Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
  
(a.)
Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
  
(a.)
A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
  
(a.)
A melody; any musical utterance.
  
(v. t.)
To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
  
(v. t.)
To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
  
(v. t.)
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.
  
(v. t.)
To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
  
(v. t.)
To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
  
(v. t.)
To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
  
(v. t.)
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.
  
(v. t.)
To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
  
(v. t.)
To place (new type) properly in the cases.
  
(v. t.)
To impute; to charge; to allege.
  
(v. t.)
To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
  
(v. t.)
To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
  
(v. t.)
To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
  
(v. t.)
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.
  
(v. t.)
To cause to lie dead or dying.
  
(v. t.)
To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
  
(v. t.)
To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
  
(v. t.)
To apply; to put.
  
(v. t.)
The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
  
(v. t.)
A wager.
  

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Noun
1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
(synonym) ballad
(hypernym) song
(hyponym) minstrelsy
2. a narrative poem of popular origin
(synonym) ballad
(hypernym) poem, verse form
(hyponym) Edda

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Verb
1. 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"
(synonym) put, set, place, pose, position
(hypernym) move, displace
(hyponym) insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in, introduce
(see-also) range, array, lay out, set out
2. put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
(synonym) put down, repose
(hypernym) put, set, place, pose, position
(hyponym) rail
(cause) lie
(see-also) superimpose, superpose, lay over
3. prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
(hypernym) organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
4. lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"
(hypernym) put down, repose
(hyponym) spawn
(derivation) layer
5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"
(hypernym) levy, impose

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Adjective
1. 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"
(synonym) laic, secular
(similar) profane
2. not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
(similar) nonprofessional

lie

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Noun
1. a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
(synonym) prevarication
(hypernym) falsehood, falsity, untruth, false statement
(hyponym) fib, story, tale, tarradiddle, taradiddle
2. position or manner in which something is situated
(hypernym) position, place
(derivation) rest

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Verb
1. be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
(hypernym) be
(hyponym) nestle
(verb-group) rest
2. be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position; "The sick man lay in bed all day"; "the books are lying on the shelf"
(antonym) stand, stand up
(hyponym) sun, sunbathe
(entail) lie down
(verb-group) lie down
3. originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
(synonym) dwell, consist, belong, lie in
(hypernym) exist, be
(hyponym) inhere
4. be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"
(hypernym) be
5. tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
(hypernym) misinform, mislead
(hyponym) romance
(derivation) prevarication
6. have a place in relation to something else; "The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West"; "The responsibility rests with the Allies"
(synonym) rest
(hypernym) be
7. assume a reclining position; "lie down on the bed until you feel better"
(synonym) lie down
(hypernym) change posture
(hyponym) stretch, stretch out

Lay it on with a trowel
Meaning
To praise or flatter in an overly generous manner.
Origin
From Shakespeare's As You Like It.

Lay
1. have sexual intercourse with; 2. bet; 3. person considered as a sex object: “good lay”, “easy lay”; 4. sexual act

Lay a cable
defecate

Lay an egg
to defecate

Lay down misere
something that is a certainty

Lay in the hay
have sexual intercourse

Lay into
1. beat; 2. criticise severely

Lay it on
1. exaggerate; 2. chastise severely

Lay off
1. desist doing or taking: “better lay off the booze”; 2. cease to annoy (someone); 3. protect a bet or speculation by taking some off-setting risk

Lay on
provide: “laid on booze”

Lay out
(ultimate frisbee) dive for the disc

Lay-by
1. store system of paying for goods in installments; 2. put a deposit on an article so a shop will hold it

lay
(bad language) have sex with, get laid 

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Chuck brags about all the girls he's laid, but I don't believe him.

LAY
wager

Lay
danger

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lay
\lay\ (?), a. [of. lai, lais, prob. of celtic origin; cf. ir. laoi, laoidh, song, poem, oir. laoidh poem, verse; but cf. also as. lāc play, sport, g. leich a sort of poem (cf. lake to sport). &?;.]
1. a song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad. sir w. scott.
2. a melody; any musical utterance. the throstle cock made eke his lay.
lay
\lay\ (?), imp. of lie, to recline.
lay
\lay\, a. [f. lai, l. laicus, gr. &?; of or from the people, lay, from &?;, &?;, people. cf. laic.] 1. of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
2. not educated or cultivated; ignorant.[obs.]
3. not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
lay
baptism (eccl.), baptism administered by a lay person. g. lee.
lay
brother (r. c. ch.), one received into a convent of monks under the three vows, but not in holy orders.
lay
clerk (eccl.), a layman who leads the responses of the congregation, etc., in the church service. ook.
lay
days (com.), time allowed in a charter party for taking in and discharging cargo.
lay
elder. see 2d elder, 3, note.
lay
\lay\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. laid (?); p. pr. & vb. n. laying.] [oe. leggen, as. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to d. leggen, g. legen, icel. leggja, goth. lagjan. see lie to be prostrate.] 1. 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. a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den. vi. 17. soft on the flowery herb i found me laid.
2. 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.
3. to prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
4. to spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
5. to cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit. after a tempest when the winds are laid.
6. to cause to lie dead or dying. brave c?neus laid ortygius on the plain, the victor c?neus was by turnus slain.
7. to deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk. i dare lay mine honor he will remain so.
8. to bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
9. to apply; to put. she layeth her hands to the spindle. xxxi. 19.
10. to impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land. the lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all. iiii. 6.
11. to impute; to charge; to allege. god layeth not folly to them. xxiv. 12. lay the fault on us.
12. to impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
13. to present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
14. (law) to state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
15. (mil.) to point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
16. (rope making) 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.
17. (print.) (a) to place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone. (b) to place (new type) properly in the cases.

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 to lay the course 
 to lay hold on 
 lay brother 
 lay figure 
 lay claim 
 to lay heads together 
 lay away 
 to lay the land 
 to lay on load 
 to lay at 
 to lay by 
 lay waste to 
 lay or back 
 to lay up 
 lay elder 
 to lay asleep 
 to lay in lavender 
 lay out 
 to lay about one 
 lay baptism 
 to lay bare 
 lay over 
 lay race 
 lay down 
 lay clerk 
 to lay an anchor to the windward 
 lay eyes on 

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Arolli
Arolli = v. to split, to lay open

Diffeithio
Diffeithio = v. to lay waste

Dodi
Dodi = v. to put, to lay, to deposit, to place, to give

Dodwy
Dodwy = v. to lay, to deposit

Gosodi
Gosodi = v. to set, to put, to lay

Grutio
Grutio = v. to lay on grit

Gwelio
Gwelio = v. to lay open; to wound

Gwyndwn
Gwyndwn = n. lay land; lay hay

Llaethdwn
Llaethdwn = n. a lay land

Llanerchu
Llanerchu = v. to lay in patches

Llau
Llau = v. to lay open; to slay, n. creepers, or lice

Lleu
Lleu = v. to explain; to lecture; to place, to lay

Peithio
Peithio = v. to lay open; to scout

Ymgydio
Ymgydio = v. to lay hold mutually

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LAY
To come or go, as "lay aloft," "lay forward," "lay aft,", &c.

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Lay
To bet.

lay'
v. promise

LAY
The way in which strands of a rope or cable are twisted.

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