lay
lay
- n a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- n a narrative poem of popular origin
- v put into a certain place or abstract location
- v put in a horizontal position
lay the books on the table
lay the patient carefully onto the bed - v prepare or position for action or operation
lay a fire
lay the foundation for a new health care plan - v lay eggs
This hen doesn't lay - v impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
lay a responsibility on someone - v be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
- v be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
The sick man lay in bed all day - v originate (in)
- v be and remain in a particular state or condition
- v tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
- v have a place in relation to something else
- v assume a reclining position
- s characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
the lay ministry - s not of or from a profession
a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease
- Some lay leadership is needed to help find which direction to go in and what to do.
- Today, the organization includes some 82,000 lay members and 1,800 clergy.
- As she lay on the prison floor, Hwang demanded that she abort the fetus herself.