English Dictionary

lay

/leɪ/

verb

(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. / (transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.

She will lay the book on the table.

意味（1）

(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.

to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave

意味（2）

(transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.

The cloudes, as things affrayd, before him flye; / But all so soone as his outrageous powre / Is layd, they fiercely then begin to shoure […]

意味（3）

(transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).

Even when I lay a long plan, it is never in the expectation that I will live to see it fulfilled.

意味（4）

(transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

lay brick; lay flooring

意味（5）

(transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.

the hen laid an egg

意味（6）

(transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).

I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday.

意味（7）

(transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.

I dare lay mine honour / He will remain so.

意味（8）

(transitive, slang) To have sex with.

'It's because he's a no-good son of a bitch who thinks it is smart to lay his friends' wives and brag about it.'

意味（9）

(nautical) To take a position; to come or go.

to lay forward; to lay aloft

意味（10）

(law) To state; to allege.

to lay the venue

意味（11）

(military) To point; to aim.

to lay a gun

意味（12）

(ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.

to lay a cable or rope

意味（13）

(printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

意味（14）

(printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.

意味（15）

To apply; to put.

She layeth her hands to the spindle.

意味（16）

To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).

to lay a tax on land

意味（17）

To impute; to charge; to allege.

God layeth not folly to them.

意味（18）

To present or offer.

to lay an indictment in a particular county

意味（19）

(intransitive, proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

I found him laying on the floor.