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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "lay"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

01

āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž, āĻļā§‹āϝāĻŧāĻžāύ⧋

to carefully place something or someone down in a horizontal position
Transitive: to lay sth somewhere
to lay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The parent gently laid the sleeping baby in the crib.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤāĻž āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϧ⧀āϰ⧇ āϘ⧁āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤ āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻ–āĻžāĻŸā§‡ āĻļ⧁āχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ.
02

āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āϰāĻžāĻ–āĻž

(of a bird, insect, fish, etc.) to produce eggs
Transitive: to lay eggs
to lay definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Each year, the sea turtle returns to the same beach to lay its eggs in the sand.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŦāĻ›āϰ, āϏāĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻšā§āĻ›āĻĒ āĻāĻ•āχ āϏ⧈āĻ•āϤ⧇ āĻĢāĻŋāϰ⧇ āφāϏ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĄāĻŋāĻŽ āĻĒāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāϤ⧇āĨ¤
03

āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make preparations or get something ready for a specific action or operation
Transitive: to lay plans or preparations
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It 's important to lay the foundation for a successful career by acquiring relevant skills and experience.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϏāĻ™ā§āĻ—āĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻ•ā§āώāϤāĻž āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻ…āĻ­āĻŋāĻœā§āĻžāϤāĻž āĻ…āĻ°ā§āϜāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏāĻĢāϞ āĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ­āĻŋāĻ¤ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž āϗ⧁āϰ⧁āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻĒā§‚āĻ°ā§āĻŖāĨ¤
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āφāϰ⧋āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž

to place or enforce an obligation upon someone or something
Transitive: to lay an obligation on sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The judge will lay a hefty fine on the corporation for environmental violations.
āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļāĻ—āϤ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻŋāϚāĻžāϰāĻ• āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĒā§‹āϰ⧇āĻļāύ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻĄāĻŧ āϜāϰāĻŋāĻŽāĻžāύāĻž āφāϰ⧋āĻĒ āĻ•āϰāĻŦ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĒāĻžāϤāĻž, āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to set or install something in place, such as laying bricks or tiles
Transitive: to lay sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The mason will lay the bricks carefully to ensure a sturdy wall.
āχāϟāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϏāĻžāĻŦāϧāĻžāύ⧇ āϏāĻžāϜāĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϰāĻžāϜāĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻļāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻļāĻžāϞ⧀ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€ āύāĻŋāĻļā§āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āĨ¤
06

āĻšā§‹āĻĻāĻž, āϧ⧋āύ

to have sexual intercourse
Slang
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
They laid after a long date.
āϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻā§€āĻ°ā§āϘ āϤāĻžāϰāĻŋāϖ⧇āϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āϝ⧌āύāĻŽāĻŋāϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ.
01

relating to or characteristic of people who are not members of the clergy

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Lay members of the congregation attended the meeting.
02

not belonging to or derived from a specific profession

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Lay observers may not understand technical jargon.
01

a narrative poem, often of popular or traditional origin, recounting stories in verse

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Medieval lays often told tales of love and heroism.
02

a narrative song, typically with a recurring refrain, telling a story through music

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Lays with refrains were popular in medieval courts.

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