English Dictionary

lay down

verb

(transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground. / To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.

He decided to lay down his responsibilities and take a break.

意味（1）

(transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.

The police urged the gunman to lay down his weapon.

意味（2）

To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.

He also thought nothing of laying down a railway in a war zone. For example, he was one of those behind the Grand Crimean Central Railway, built during the Crimean War ….

意味（3）

(transitive) To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.

He laid down his brand-new Harley-Davidson to avoid the oncoming bus.

意味（4）

(transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).

Let's lay down the rules right at the beginning, so we are consistent.

意味（5）

To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.

意味（6）

(euphemistic, transitive) To euthanize an animal.

意味（7）

To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."

意味（8）

(intransitive, nonstandard, proscribed) To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.

I feel a bit ill, so I'm going to go lay down for a while.

意味（9）

(nautical, dated) To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build.