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Meaning of lay in English
lay verb (LIE)
lay verb (PRODUCE EGGS)
lay verb (HAVE SEX)
get laid So did you get laid (= find someone to have sex with)?
lay verb (RISK MONEY)
lay money on She won't get the job - I'd lay money on it!
lay verb (EXPRESS)
lay claim to something
to say that you own something:
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Phrasal verbs
lay adjective [before noun] (NOT TRAINED)
lay adjective [before noun] (CHURCH)
(Definition of lay from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)
lay | American Dictionary
lay verb (PUT DOWN)
lay verb (PREPARE)
lay verb (PRODUCE EGGS)
lay verb (RISK)
lay verb (EXPRESS)
Idioms
Phrasal verbs
lay adjective [not gradable] (NOT TRAINED)
lay (LIE)
(Definition of lay from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
lay | Business English
lay odds/a wager I'll lay odds that she won't take the job.
lay claim to sth
to say that you own something or have a right to it:
lay an egg
informal US
to make something that does not work well or that fails:
Phrasal verbs
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(Definition of lay from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
Examples of lay
lay
They are not specialist enough for scientists actively involved in the topics, and not general enough for lay people.
One set lay close to the surface within the oocyte and the other set was extruded into the perivitelline space within the second polar body.
Underlying all these seemingly inclusive efforts, however, lay scientific theories and impressions of newcomers as at least potentially toxic.
Then, she lay down to sleep with an indescribably beatific expression.
This implies that there are clear boundaries between the scientist and the lay public.
Its interest, however, lay in its anomalous status.
They expelled dissenters, made war on each other, helped outsiders lay their neighbours waste and stole each other's trade whenever they could.
She lay there, a distressed, unsheltered, senseless creature.
In his catalogue of her sadness, the narrator allows the poem to lay heavy blame on the lover who abandoned her.
Its oddness, in his view, lay in the disproportion it sustained between stimulus and response.
Lay interviewers were used to collect the data on the presence or absence of the specific symptoms identified in the instrument.
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Translations of lay
in Chinese (Traditional)
放下, 放置，安放，平放, 計劃，研究（方法）…
in Chinese (Simplified)
放下, 放置，安放，平放, 计划，研究（方法）…
in Spanish
colocar, pasado simple de "lie", poner…
in Portuguese
pôr, colocar, passado de "lie"…
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“lie” の過去形, ～を横たえる, （卵）を産む…
sermek, koymak, yerleştirmek…
(dé)poser, installer, pondre…
passat de “lie”, col·locar, pondre…
leggen, voorbereiden, platleggen…
எதையாவது குறிப்பாக ஒரு தட்டையான அல்லது கிடைமட்ட நிலையில் வைக்க, பொதுவாக கவனமாக அல்லது ஒரு குறிப்பிட்ட நோக்கத்திற்காக, (ஒரு விலங்கு அல்லது பறவை) உடல்களில் இருந்து முட்டைகளை உற்பத்தி செய்ய…
(किसी चीज़ को किसी विशेष प्रयोजन हेतु) सपाट लिटाना, (किसी पशु या पक्षी का) अपने शरीर से अंडे का उत्पादन करना…
મૂકવું, રાખવું, (પ્રાણી અથવા પક્ષીનું) તેના શરીરમાંથી ઇંડા ઉત્પન્ન કરે છે…
lægge, anbringe, præsentere…
meletakkan, membaringkan, menyediakan…
legen, decken, herrichten…
legge, gjøre, legge (ned)…
لپیٹنا, لٹانا, ایک طرف سلیقے سے رکھنا…
класти, покласти, накривати…
దేనినైనా ప్రత్యేకించి చదునైన లేదా సమాంతర స్థానంలో సాధారణంగా జాగ్రత్తగా లేదా ఒక నిర్దిష్ట ప్రయోజనం కోసం ఉంచు, గుడ్లు పెట్టు…
vložit, položit, předložit…
meletakkan, membaringkan, menata…
đặt, để, đặt cái gì vào vị trí…
układać, świecki, przeciętny…
passato semplice di “lie”, stendere, adagiare…
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