Definitions | lay |
| noun
- Arrangement or relationship; layout; eg, the lay of the land.
- The direction a rope is twisted.
- Worm and parcel with the ; turn and serve the other way.
- A casual sexual partner.
- A ballad or sung poem.
Translations: verb (lays, laying, laid)
- (transitive) To place something down in a position of rest.
- (context, transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
- (transitive) To leave something somewhere.
- (transitive) To prepare (e.g., the groundwork, the table).
- (transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another (e.g. lay brick, lay flooring.)
- (transitive) To produce and deposit (an egg).
- (transitive) To have sexual intercourse with someone, especially in a casual manner.
- (context, intransitive, non-standard, or, colloquial) To lie.
Translations: - Dutch: leggen
- French: pondre
- German: legen
- Italian: deporre
(trans-mid)
- Spanish: poner
(trans-bottom)
adjective
- Non-professional, not being a member of an organized institution (e.g. scientific lay person).
- Not belonging to the clergy.
Translations: - Dutch: leken-, wereldlijk
- German: Laien-
- Italian: laico ,laica
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