Definitions | lay down |
| verb (lays down, laying down, laid down, laid down)
- (transitive) To give up or surrender something.
- The police urged the gunman to his weapon.
- (transitive) To specify, institute, enact, establish or formulate rules.
- Let's the rules right at the beginning, so we are consistent.
- (transitive) To store wine etc for the future.
- (transitive) To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
- (intransitive) Past tense of lie, in the sense of resting
- I feel a bit ill, so I'm going to go for a while.
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