lay

Meanings

• a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
• a narrative poem of popular origin
• put into a certain place or abstract location
• put in a horizontal position
  • "lay the books on the table"
  • "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
• prepare or position for action or operation
  • "lay a fire"
  • "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
• lay eggs
  • "This hen doesn't lay"
• impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
  • "lay a responsibility on someone"
• be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
• be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
  • "The sick man lay in bed all day"
• originate (in)
• be and remain in a particular state or condition
• tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
• have a place in relation to something else
• assume a reclining position
• characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
  • "the lay ministry"
• not of or from a profession
  • "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"

Synonyms

ballad, consist, dwell, laic, lie, lie down, lie in, place, pose, position, put, put down, repose, rest, secular, set