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English Definitions
lay
N
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
lay
N
a narrative poem of popular origin
lay
V
put into a certain place or abstract location
lay
V
put in a horizontal position
lay
V
prepare or position for action or operation
lay
V
impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
lay
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
lay
not of or from a profession
lay aside
V
accumulate money for future use
lay away
V
save up as for future use
V
demand as being one's due or property; assert one's right or title to
lay down
V
institute, enact, or establish
N
dummy in the form of an artist's jointed model of the human body
lay in
V
keep or lay aside for future use
lay into
V
hit violently, as in an attack
lay off
V
put an end to a state or an activity
lay off
V
dismiss, usually for economic reasons
V
expose to a chance of loss or damage
lay out
V
lay out orderly or logically in a line or as if in a line
lay out
V
get ready for a particular purpose or event
lay out
V
spend or invest
lay out
V
bring forward and present to the mind
lay out
V
provide a detailed plan or design
V
interrupt a journey temporarily, e.g., overnight
lay over
V
place on top of
N
a layman who is authorized by the bishop to read parts of the service in an Anglican or Episcopal church
V
place in a grave or tomb
V
disable or confine, as with an illness
lay waste to
V
cause extensive destruction or ruin utterly
N
any witness who does not testify as an expert witness
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)
N
person who does no work
N
designated paved area beside a main road where cars can stop temporarily
layer
N
single thickness of usually some homogeneous substance
layer
N
a relatively thin sheetlike expanse or region lying over or under another
layer
N
an abstract place usually conceived as having depth
layer
N
a hen that lays eggs
layer
N
thin structure composed of a single thickness of cells
layer
V
make or form a layer
N
cake having layers held together by a sweet filling and usually covered with frosting
with one layer on top of another
layette
N
kit consisting of a complete outfit (clothing and accessories) for a new baby
N
genus of western United States annuals with showy yellow or white flowers
N
California annual having flower heads with yellow rays tipped with white
laying
N
the production of eggs (especially in birds)
laying claim
N
the act of taking possession of or power over something
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