lay-by
- n designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
lay-up
- n a basketball shot made with one hand from a position under or beside the basket (and usually banked off the backboard)
lay figure
- n dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body
lay reader
- n a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
layby
- n designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
layer
- n single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
- n a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
- n an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
a simile has at least two layers of meaning - n a hen that lays eggs
- n thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
- v make or form a layer
layer the different colored sands
layer cake
- n cake having layers held together by a sweet filling and usually covered with frosting
layette
- n kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby
layia
- n genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers
layia platyglossa
- n California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white
laying
- n the production of eggs (especially in birds)
- v put into a certain place or abstract location
- v put in a horizontal position
- v prepare or position for action or operation
- v lay eggs
- v impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
laying claim
- n the act of taking possession of or power over something
laying on of hands
- n the application of a faith healer's hands to the patient's body
- n laying hands on a person's head to invoke spiritual blessing in Christian ordination
laying waste
- n destruction achieved by causing something to be wrecked or ruined