(transitive) To offer (praise, flattery, etc.) in an unsubtle and excessive way.

(US, slang) To relax; to calm down.

(boxing) To hit with a boxing glove. / (chiefly in the negative) To physically touch, especially in a way that causes hurt. / (by extension) To harm (someone's) reputation, to make an accusation stick.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay low

present participle of lay low

(transitive) To destroy utterly by burning.

(UK, transitive) To reserve (something) for the future. / (UK, transitive) To put (something) on layaway. / (transitive) To bury (someone).

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay open

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay away

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see lay, behind. / Nonstandard form of lie behind.