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lay ¹  (l)

v. laid (ld), lay·ing, lays

v.tr.

1. To cause to lie down: lay a child in its crib.

2.

a. To place in or bring to a particular position: lay the cloth over the painting.

b. To bury.

3. To cause to be in a particular condition: The remark laid him open to criticism.

4. To put or set down: lay new railroad track.

5. To produce and deposit: lay eggs.

6. To cause to subside; calm or allay: "chas'd the clouds ... and laid the winds" John Milton.

7. To put up to or against: lay an ear to the door.

8. To put forward as a reproach or an accusation: They laid the blame on us.

9. To put or set in order or readiness for use: lay the table for lunch.

10. To devise; contrive: lay plans.

11. To spread over a surface: lay paint on a canvas.

12. To place or give (importance): lay stress on clarity of expression.

13. To impose as a burden or punishment: lay a penalty upon the offender.

14. To present for examination: lay a case before a committee.

15. To put forward as a demand or an assertion: laid claim to the estate.

16. Games To place (a bet); wager.

17. To aim (a gun or cannon).

18.

a. To place together (strands) to be twisted into rope.

b. To make in this manner: lay up cable.

19. Vulgar Slang To have sexual intercourse with.

v.intr.

1. To produce and deposit eggs.

2. To bet; wager.

3. Nonstandard To lie.

4. To engage energetically in an action.

5. Nautical To put oneself into the position indicated.

n.

1.

a. The direction the strands of a rope or cable are twisted in: a left lay.

b. The amount of such twist.

2. The state of one that lays eggs: a hen coming into lay.

3. Vulgar Slang

a. Sexual intercourse.

b. A partner in sexual intercourse.

Phrasal Verbs:

lay about

To strike blows on all sides.

lay aside

1. To give up; abandon: lay aside all hope of rescue.

2. To save for the future.

lay away

1. To reserve for the future; save.

2. To put aside and hold for future delivery.

lay by

1. To save for future use.

2. Nautical To remain stationary while heading into the wind.

lay down

1. To give up and surrender: laid down their arms.

2. To specify: laid down the rules.

3. To store for the future.

4. Nonstandard To lie down.

lay for Informal

To be waiting to attack: Muggers lay for the unsuspecting pedestrian in the dark alley.

lay in

To store for future use: lay in supplies for an Arctic winter.

lay into Slang

1. To scold sharply.

2. To attack physically; beat up.

lay off

1. To terminate the employment of (a worker), especially temporarily.

2. To mark off: lay off an area for a garden.

3. Slang To stop doing something; quit.

4. Games To place all or a part of (an accepted bet) with another bookie in order to reduce the risk.

lay on

1. To apply (something) by or as if by spreading onto a flat surface: laid on a thick Southern accent.

2. To prepare, usually in an elaborate fashion; arrange: laid on cocktails for 50 at the last minute.

3. Slang To present or reveal to; confront with: "went around talking to people about anything until he could lay his standard question on them" John Vinocur.

lay out

1. To make a detailed plan for.

2. To clothe and prepare (a corpse) for burial.

3. To rebuke harshly: She laid me out for breaking the vase.

4. To knock to the ground or unconscious.

5. To expend; spend: lay out a fortune on jewelry.

6. To display: lay out merchandise; lay the merchandise out.

lay over

To make a stopover in the course of a journey.

lay to Nautical

1. To bring (a ship) to a stop in open water.

2. To remain stationary while heading into the wind.

lay up

1. To stock for future use: lay up supplies for a long journey.

2. Informal To confine with an illness or injury: was laid up for a month.

3. Nautical To put (a ship) in dock, as for repairs.

4. Sports To hit a golf shot less far than one is able so as to avoid a hazard.

Idioms:

lay down the law

To assert positively and often arrogantly.

lay it on thick Informal

1. To exaggerate; overstate.

2. To flatter effusively.

lay of the land

The nature, arrangement, or disposition of something.

lay rubber Slang

To accelerate a motor vehicle suddenly from a halt to a high speed, thereby spinning the wheels and depositing on the road a thin film of burned rubber from the rear tire or tires.

lay waste

To ravage: Rebel troops laid waste the town.

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[Middle English leien, from Old English lecgan; see legh- in Indo-European roots.]

Usage Note: Lay ("to put, place, or prepare") and lie ("to recline or be situated") have been confused for centuries; evidence exists that lay has been used to mean "lie" since the 1300s. Why? First, there are two lays. One is the base form of the verb lay, and the other is the past tense of lie. Second, lay was once used with a reflexive pronoun to mean "lie" and survives in the familiar line from the child's prayer Now I lay me down to sleep; lay me down is easily shortened to lay down. Third, lay down, as in She lay down on the sofa sounds the same as laid down, as in I laid down the law to the kids.·Lay and lie are most easily distinguished by usage. Lay is a transitive verb and takes a direct object. Lay and its principal parts (laid, laying) are correctly used in the following examples: He laid (not lay) the newspaper on the table. The table was laid for four. Lie is an intransitive verb and cannot take an object. Lie and its principal parts (lay, lain, lying) are correctly used in the following examples: She often lies (not lays) down after lunch. When I lay (not laid) down, I fell asleep. The rubbish had lain (not laid) there a week. I was lying (not laying) in bed when he called.·There are a few exceptions to these rules. The phrasal verb lay for and the nautical use of lay, as in lay at anchor, though intransitive, are standard.

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lay ²  (l)

adj.

1. Of, relating to, or involving the laity: a lay preacher.

2. Not of or belonging to a particular profession; nonprofessional: a lay opinion as to the seriousness of the disease.

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[Middle English, from Old French lai, from Late Latin licus, from Greek likos, of the people, from los, the people.]

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lay ³  (l)

n.

1. A narrative poem, such as one sung by medieval minstrels; a ballad.

2. A song; a tune.

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[Middle English, from Old French lai.]

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lay ⁴  (l)

v.

Past tense of lie¹.

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lay ¹

Verb

[lays, laying, laid]

1. to put in a low or horizontal position; cause to lie: Mary laid a clean square of white towelling carefully on the grass

2. to establish as a basis: ready to lay your new fashion foundations?

3. to place or be in a particular state or position: underneath lay a key

4. to regard as the responsibility of: ridiculous attempts to lay the loss at the door of the Admiralty

5. to put forward: ruses by which we lay claim on one another

6. to arrange or prepare: she would lay her plans

7. to place in position: he laid a wreath

8. (of birds, esp. the domestic hen) to produce (eggs)

9. to make (a bet) with (someone): I'll lay money he's already gone home

10. to arrange (a table) for a meal

11. to prepare (a fire) by arranging fuel in the grate

12. Taboo slang to have sexual intercourse with

13. lay bare to reveal or explain: a century of neurophysiology has now laid bare the structures of the brain

14. lay hold of to seize or grasp

15. lay oneself open to make oneself vulnerable (to criticism or attack)

16. lay open to reveal or disclose

17. lay waste to destroy completely

Noun

1. the manner or position in which something lies or is placed

2. Taboo, slang

a. an act of sexual intercourse

b. a sexual partner

See also lay aside, lay down, etc. [Old English lecgan]

USAGE: In standard English, the verb lay can only be used with an object, and lie can only be used without one: the Queen laid a wreath; he was lying on the floor.

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lay ²

Verb

the past tense of lie²

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lay ³

Adjective

1. of or involving people who are not members of the clergy

2. nonprofessional or nonspecialist [Greek laos people]

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lay ⁴

Noun

a short narrative poem intended to be sung [Old French lai]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	lay - a narrative song with a recurrent refrain ballad song, vocal - a short musical composition with words; "a successful musical must have at least three good songs" minstrelsy - ballads sung by minstrels
	2.	lay - a narrative poem of popular origin ballad poem, verse form - a composition written in metrical feet forming rhythmical lines Edda - either of two distinct works in Old Icelandic dating from the late 13th century and consisting of 34 mythological and heroic ballads composed between 800 and 1200; the primary source for Scandinavian mythology
Verb	1.	lay - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" place, put, set, position, pose put in, stick in, inclose, insert, introduce, enclose - introduce; "Insert your ticket here" docket - place on the docket for legal action; "Only 5 of the 120 cases docketed were tried" cock - set the trigger of a firearm back for firing postpose - place after another constituent in the sentence; "Japanese postposes the adpositions, whereas English preposes them" prepose - place before another constituent in the sentence; "English preposes the adpositions; Japanese postposes them" step - place (a ship's mast) in its step put back, replace - put something back where it belongs; "replace the book on the shelf after you have finished reading it"; "please put the clean dishes back in the cabinet when you have washed them" stratify - form, arrange, or deposit in layers; "The fish are stratified in barrels"; "The rock was stratified by the force of the water"; "A statistician stratifies the list of names according to the addresses" plant - place something or someone in a certain position in order to secretly observe or deceive; "Plant a spy in Moscow"; "plant bugs in the dissident's apartment" intersperse - place at intervals in or among; "intersperse exclamation marks in the text" snuggle, nestle - position comfortably; "The baby nestled her head in her mother's elbow" pile - place or lay as if in a pile; "The teacher piled work on the students until the parents protested" arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order" superimpose, superpose, lay over - place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?" superpose - place (one geometric figure) upon another so that their perimeters coincide park - place temporarily; "park the car in the yard"; "park the children with the in-laws"; "park your bag in this locker" ensconce, settle - fix firmly; "He ensconced himself in the chair" dispose - place or put in a particular order; "the dots are unevenly disposed" emplace - put into place or position; "the box with the ancestors' ashes was emplaced on the top shelf of the house altar" emplace - provide a new emplacement for guns ship - place on board a ship; "ship the cargo in the hold of the vessel" underlay - put (something) under or beneath; "They underlaid the shingles with roofing paper" trench - set, plant, or bury in a trench; "trench the fallen soldiers"; "trench the vegetables" pigeonhole - place into a small compartment shelve - place on a shelf; "shelve books" jar - place in a cylindrical vessel; "jar the jam" repose - to put something (eg trust) in something; "The nation reposed its confidence in the King" sign - place signs, as along a road; "sign an intersection"; "This road has been signed" middle - put in the middle parallelize - place parallel to one another butt - place end to end without overlapping; "The frames must be butted at the joints" recess - put into a recess; "recess lights" reposition - place into another position throw, thrust - place or put with great energy; "She threw the blanket around the child"; "thrust the money in the hands of the beggar" tee, tee up - place on a tee; "tee golf balls" rack up - place in a rack; "rack pool balls" coffin - place into a coffin; "her body was coffined" bed - put to bed; "The children were bedded at ten o'clock" appose - place side by side or in close proximity place down, put down, set down - cause to sit or seat or be in a settled position or place; "set down your bags here" sow, seed - place (seeds) in or on the ground for future growth; "She sowed sunflower seeds" misplace - place or position wrongly; put in the wrong position; "misplaced modifiers" juxtapose - place side by side; "The fauvists juxtaposed strong colors" set down - put or settle into a position; "The hotel was set down at the bottom of the valley" bottle - put into bottles; "bottle the mineral water"
	2.	lay - put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed" put down, repose lay, place, put, set, position, pose - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point" rail - lay with rails; "hundreds of miles were railed out here" lay - lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay" blow - lay eggs; "certain insects are said to blow" entomb, inhume, inter, lay to rest, bury - place in a grave or tomb; "Stalin was buried behind the Kremlin wall on Red Square"; "The pharaohs were entombed in the pyramids"; "My grandfather was laid to rest last Sunday" rebury - bury again; "After the king's body had been exhumed and tested to traces of poison, it was reburied in the same spot" lay aside, save up, save - accumulate money for future use; "He saves half his salary" cache, hive up, hoard, lay away, squirrel away, stash - save up as for future use superimpose, superpose, lay over - place on top of; "can you superimpose the two images?"
	3.	lay - prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan" machinate, devise, prepare, organise, organize, get up - arrange by systematic planning and united effort; "machinate a plot"; "organize a strike"; "devise a plan to take over the director's office"
	4.	lay - lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay" spawn - lay spawn; "The salmon swims upstream to spawn" lay, put down, repose - put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
	5.	lay - impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone" levy, impose - impose and collect; "levy a fine"
Adj.	1.	lay - characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry" laic, secular profane, secular - not concerned with or devoted to religion; "sacred and profane music"; "secular drama"; "secular architecture", "children being brought up in an entirely profane environment"
	2.	lay - not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease" nonprofessional - not professional; not engaged in a profession or engaging in as a profession or for gain; "the nonprofessional wives of his male colleagues"; "nonprofessional actors"

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lay ¹

verb 1. place, put, set, spread, plant, establish, settle, leave, deposit, put down, set down, posit

verb 2. devise, plan, design, prepare, work out, plot, hatch, contrive, concoct

verb 3. produce, bear, deposit

verb 4. arrange, prepare, make, organize, position, locate, set out, devise, put together, dispose, draw up

verb 5. attribute, charge, assign, allocate, allot, ascribe, impute

verb 6. put forward, offer, present, advance, lodge, submit, bring forward

verb 7. bet, stake, venture, gamble, chance, risk, hazard, wager, give odds

lay into someone (Informal) attack, hit, set about, hit out at, assail, tear into, pitch into (informal) go for the jugular, lambast(e), belabour, lash into, let fly at

lay off (Informal) stop, give up, quit, cut it out, leave alone, pack in, abstain, leave off, give over (informal) let up, get off someone's back (informal) give it a rest (informal)

lay someone off dismiss, fire (informal) release, drop, sack (informal) pay off, discharge, oust, let go, make redundant, give notice to, give the boot to (slang) give the sack to (informal) give someone their cards, kennet Austral. (slang) jeff Austral. (slang)

lay someone out (Informal) knock out, fell, floor, knock unconscious, knock for six, kayo (slang)

lay someone up (Informal) confine (to bed), hospitalize, incapacitate

lay something aside abandon, reject, dismiss, postpone, shelve, put off, renounce, put aside, cast aside lay something bare reveal, show, expose, disclose, unveil, divulge

lay something down

1. stipulate, state, establish, prescribe, assume, formulate, affirm, ordain, set down, postulate

2. sacrifice, give up, yield, surrender, turn over, relinquish

lay something in store (up), collect, build up, accumulate, buy in, amass, stockpile, hoard, stock up, heap up

lay something on provide, prepare, supply, organize, give, cater (for), furnish, purvey

lay something out

1. arrange, order, design, display, exhibit, put out, spread out

2. (Informal) spend, pay, invest, fork out (slang) expend, shell out (informal) disburse

USAGE In standard English, the verb to lay (meaning `to put something somewhere') always needs an object, for example the Queen laid a wreath. By contrast, the verb to lie is always used without an object, for example he was just lying there.

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lay ²

adjective 1. nonclerical, secular, non-ordained, laic, laical

adjective 2. nonspecialist, amateur, unqualified, untrained, inexpert, nonprofessional

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1. Direct or adjust the aim of a weapon.
2. Setting of a weapon for a given range, a given direction, or both.
3. To drop one or more aerial bombs or aerial mines onto the surface from an aircraft.
4. To spread a smoke screen on the ground from an aircraft.
5. To calculate or project a course.
6. To lay on: a. to execute a bomber strike; b. to set up a mission.

Translations

lay [leɪ] pt of lie

adj → laico (= not expert); lego

vt [pt, pp laid] [leɪd] (= place) → colocar [+ eggs, table]; poner [+ trap]; tender;

to lay the facts/one's proposals before sb → presentar los hechos/sus propuestas a algn

lay aside, lay by vt → dejar a un lado

lay down vt [+ pen etc] → dejar [+ arms]; rendir [+ policy]; trazar;

to lay down the law → imponer las normas

lay in vt → abastecerse de

lay into vt fus (col) (= attack, scold); arremeter contra

lay off vt [+ workers] → despedir

lay on vt [+ water, gas] → instalar [+ meal, facilities]; proveer

lay out vt [+ plan] → trazar (= display); exponer (= spend); gastar

lay up vt (= store) → guardar [+ ship]; desarmar; [illness] → obligar a guardar cama

lay [leɪ] pt of lie

adj → laïque (= not expert); profane

vt [laid , pt , pp ] [leɪd] → poser, mettre [+ eggs]; pondre [+ trap]; tendre [+ plans]; élaborer;

to lay the table → mettre la table;

to lay the facts/one's proposals before sb → présenter les faits/ses propositions à qn;

to get laid (inf!) → baiser (!) → se faire baiser (!)

lay aside, lay by vt → mettre de côté

lay down vt → poser [+ rules etc]; établir;

to lay down the law (fig) → faire la loi

lay in vt → accumuler, s'approvisionner en

lay into vi (inf) (= attack); tomber sur: (= scold); passer une engueulade à

lay off vt [+ workers] → licencier

lay on vt [+ water, gas] → mettre, installer (= provide) [+ meal etc] → fournir [+ paint]; étaler

lay out vt (= design) → dessiner, concevoir (= display); disposer (= spend); dépenser

lay up vt (= store) → amasser [+ car]; remiser [+ ship]; désarmer; [illness] → forcer à s'aliter

lay [leɪ] [laid , pt, pp ] pt of lie

adj (Rel) (preacher etc) → Laien-

vt → legen [+ table]; decken [+ carpet, cable etc]; verlegen [+ plans]; schmieden [+ trap]; stellen;

the lay person (= not expert) → der Laie;

to lay facts/proposals before sb → jdm Tatsachen vorlegen/Vorschläge unterbreiten;

to lay one's hands on sth (fig) → etw in die Finger bekommen;

to get laid (inf!) → bumsen (!)

lay aside lay vt → weglegen, zur Seite legen

lay by lay vt → beiseitelegen, auf die Seite legen

lay down lay vt → hinlegen [+ rules, laws etc]; festlegen;

to lay down the law lay → Vorschriften machen;

to lay down one's life lay → sein Leben geben

lay in lay vt [+ supply] → anlegen

lay into lay vt fus → losgehen auf +acc (= criticize); herunterputzen

lay off lay vt [+ workers] → entlassen

lay on lay vt [+ meal] → auftischen [+ entertainment etc]; sorgen für [+ water, gas]; anschließen [+ paint]; auftragen

lay out lay vt → ausbreiten;

(inf) (= spend); ausgeben

lay up lay vt [illness] → außer Gefecht setzen see also lay by

lay [leɪ] pt of lie

adj → laico/a; secolare

vt [pt laid, pp ] [leɪd] → posare, mettere [+ eggs]; fare [+ trap]; tendere [+ plans]; fare, elaborare;

to lay the table → apparecchiare la tavola;

to lay the facts/one's proposals before sb → presentare i fatti/delle proposte a qn;

to get laid (col!) → scopare (!) → essere scopato/a (!)

lay aside

lay by vt → mettere da parte

lay down vt → mettere giù;

to lay down the law (fig) → dettar legge

lay in vt → fare una scorta di

lay into vt fus (col) (= attack, scold); aggredire

lay off vt [+ workers] → licenziare

lay on vt [+ water, gas] → installare, mettere (= provide) [+ meal etc] → fornire [+ paint]; applicare

lay out vt (= design) → progettare (= display); presentare (= spend); sborsare

lay up vt (= to store) → accumulare [+ ship]; mettere in disarmo; [illness] → costringere a letto

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lay¹

v lay [lei]

1 to place, set or put (down), often carefully She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.uitlê, neerlêيَضَعпоставямvložit; položit; předložitlægge; anbringe; præsenterelegenτοποθετώ, βάζω, στήνω (συν. προσεκτικά)poner, colocarpanema, asetamaقرار دادنpannaposerלְהַנִיחַरखनाpoložitihelyez, (le)teszmeletakkanleggja (frá sér/niður/fyrir e-n)posare置く놓다padėti[]liktmeletakkanleggenlegge (ned)położyć, przedłożyćpousara pune, a de­puneкластьpoložiť; predložiťpoložiti, odložiti, predložitisložitiläggaวางkoymak, bırakmak小心地放класти, покластиبا احتیاط رکھناđặt; để小心地放

2 to place in a lying position She laid the baby on his back.neerlêيُلْقي، يُمَدِّدслагам по гръбpoložitlægge; anbringelegenξαπλώνω κπ. ή κτ.tenderpanemaخواباندنasettaacoucherלְהַנִיחַलेटनाpoložiti(le)fektetmembaringkanleggjamettere横たえる눕히다paguldytinoguldītmembaringkanleggenleggepołożyćdeitara culcaукладыватьpoložiťpoložitipoložitiläggaวางนอนyatırmak平放покластиلٹاناđặt cái gì vào vị trí平放

3 to put in order or arrange She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.dekيُعِدُّслагамpřipravitdække; læggedecken, herrichtenτακτοποιώ, στρώνωprepararkatma, maha panemaچیدنkattaa, asettaamettre, préparerלַעֲרוֹךसजाना, व्यवस्थित करनाpostavitielrendezmenataleggja á (borð/ráðin)mettere a posto*, preparare用意する설치하다padengti, sudaryti, pastatytisniegt; izklāstīt (faktus, plānu u.tml.); klāt (galdu); izlikt (lamatas)menyediakanvoorbereidendekke på (bordet); (plan)leggenakryć, układać, zastawićpreparara pu­­ne, a pregătiнакрывать; составлять; ставитьpripraviťpripravitipostavitiduka, göra upp, gillra, lägga (sätta) utเรียงkurmak, hazırlamak布置накривати; покладатиترتیب سے رکھناsắp xếp đúng trật tự布置

4 to flatten The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.druk, trekيَمُدُّ، يُسَوِّيнакланямpoložitlægge ned(an)legenισιώνωtender; allanar; alisarpeadligi litsuma, lamandamaپهن کردنlitistää, luimistaacoucherלְשָׁטֵחगिरा देनाpoložiti, spustitimegdöntmeratakanleggja aftur/samanlisciare; appiattire倒す넘어뜨리다nulenkti, išguldytipieglaust (ausis); nomīdīt; nobradāt; nolīdzinātmeratakanplatleggenlegge flatpołożyćachatara culcaприжать; примятьpoložiťpolečioboritilägga, fälla, slå nerทำให้แบนyatırmak把...壓平відводити назад (вуха); прим'ятиسپاٹ کرناlàm xẹp xuống把...压平

5 to cause to disappear or become quiet to lay a ghost / doubts.onttrekيَهْدأ، يُبْعِدпредизвиквамzahnatfå til at forsvinde; få til at tiebannenκατευνάζω, εξαφανίζωcalmar, aquietareemale peletamaفرو نشاندنkarkottaadissiperלְהָטִילचुप होना या गायब हो जानाnestati, utišatielűzmenghilangkankveða niðurcalmare, fugare静める진정시키다nuvyti, išblaškytinomierināt; remdināt; izkliedēt (šaubas)menghilangkanbezwerenfå til å legge seg, mane bortuciszyćaplacara îndepărtaизгонятьzahnaťrazpršitioteratibesvärja, fördriva, skingraหายไปaklından çıkarmak; zihninden atmak; ortadan kaldırmak消除заспокоюватиخاموش یا غائب ہوناlàm lắng xuống消除

6 (of a bird) to produce (eggs) The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.lêتَضَعُ بيضاснасямsnéstlæggelegenγεννώ αβγάponermunemaتخم گذاشتنmuniapondreלְהָטִילअण्डे देनाnestitojikbertelurverpadeporre卵を産む(알을) 낳다(pa)dėtidētbertelurleggenverpe, legge eggzłożyć, nieść siępôra ouaнестисьzniesť(z)nestisnetilägga, värpaวางไข่yumurtlamak下（蛋）класти яйця, нестисяپرندوں کا انڈے دیناđẻ trứng下（蛋）

7 to bet I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.wetيُراهِنзалагамvsaditvæddewettenστοιχηματίζωapostarkihla vedamaشرط بستنlyödä vetoaparierלְהָמֵר(अपना धन, सिर या जीवन) दांव पर लगा देनाkladiti sefogadbertaruhleggja undir, veðjascommettere賭ける(...을) 걸다lažintis, kirsti lažybųsaderētbertaruhweddenveddestawiaćapostarдержать париstaviťstavitikladiti sesätta, slå vad omพนันbahse girmek与某個以...打賭битися об закладبازی لگاناđánh cuộc与某个以...打赌

n ˈlayer

1 a thickness or covering The ground was covered with a layer of snow; There was a layer of clay a few feet under the ground.laagطَبَقَهслойvrstvalagdie Lageστρώμα (μτφ.)capakihtلایهkerroscoucheשִׁכְבָהपरतslojréteglapisanlagstrato層(쌓인 것·페인트 등의) 층; 칠하기[]sluoksnis, klodaskārta; slānislapisanlaaglagwarstwacamadastratслойvrstvaplastslojlager, skiktชั้นkat, tabaka層шар, пластپرتlớp层

2 something which lays, especially a hen a good layer.lêhoenderدَجاجَه بَيّاضَهносачкаnosnicelæggerder Legerκτ. που γεννάει αβγά (συν. κότα)ponedoramunejaمرغ تخم کنmuniva kanapondeuseמְטִילָהअण्डा देने वाली मुर्गीnesilicapetelurvarphæna(che fa molte uova)卵を産む鶏놓는 [] 사람[]dėdeklėdējējvistapenelurleghen(-)legger; verpehønenioskapoedeirapasăre ouătoareнесушкаnosnicanesnicanosiljavärphönaวางไข่yumurtlayan tavuk蛋雞несучкаانڈے دینے والیgà (chim) đẻ trứng蛋鸡

v

to put, cut or arrange in layers She had her hair layered by the hairdresser.laagيُرَتِّبُ في طَبَقاتподстригвам на слоевеudělat plastický účeslægge; lægge i laglegenκάνω τα μαλλιά μου ντεγκραντέdividir en capasjärguliselt lõikamaلایه لایه کردن؛ دسته دسته کردنleikata kerroksittaincouper en dégradéלַעֲרוֹך שִׁכְבָהपरत, तह, क़लम लगानाraslojitirétegez, rétegesen vágmenataleggja í lögscalare; fare a strati層にする...을 층으로 놓다sudėti sluoksniaislikt kārtām; griezt matus pakāpeniskā griezumāmenyebabkan sesuatu menjadi berlapis-lapisgelaagd makenlegge, legge lagvisułożyć warstwamipôr em camadasa(-şi) aranja părul în şuviţe; a tunde în scăriукладывать (пластами)urobiť plastický účesstopničasto pristričistepenasto ošišatilägga []เป็นชั้นๆkatlamak, kat yapmak整理成形класти пластамиپرتوں میں بانٹناsắp cái gi thành lớp整理成形

n ˈlayabout

a lazy, idle person. leeglêerشَخْص كَسْلانбезделникpovalečdagdriverder Gammlerχασομέρηςholgazán, vagolaiskvorstولگرد؛ بی عارlaiskurifainéant/-anteהוֹלֵך-בָּטֵלलोफरljenivacnaplopópemalasslæpingifannullone怠け者게으름뱅이dykūnasslaists; slīmestspemalasleegloperlatsabbpróżniakvagabundoleneşбездельникpovaľačpostopačlezilebovićdagdrivareคนขี้เกียจaylak, avare kimse流浪漢，懶惰者гультяй, гульвісаسست ، کاہل شخصngười vô công rồi nghề流浪汉，懒惰者

n ˈlay-by

especially in Britain, a short extra part at the side of a road for people to stop their cars in, out of the way of the traffic. مَكان لأيقاف السيّارات على جانِب الشّارعразширение на шосеvigepladsdie Standspurχώρος προσωρινής στάθμευσης σε αυτοκινητόδρομοárea de aparcamiento, área de estacionamientopeatuskohtبخش عریض شده جادهlevähdysalueaire de stationnementמִפרַץ חֲנִייָהअलग रखनाugibalištepihenő(hely), leállósávtempat parkirútskotpiazzetta (di sosta)退避所(도로의) 대피소aikðtelë ðalikelëje automobiliui sustotiautomašīnu stāvvieta (ceļmalā)bahu jalanparkeerplaats langs de wegparkeringsfil, holdeplasszatokaestacionamentoпридорожная площадкаparkovisko pri krajnici, odstavná plochaparkirišče, počivališče ob cestizaustavna trakaparkerings-, rastplatsข้างถนนcep（英）路側停車帶(供途中緊急停車)полоса стоянкиسڑک کے کنارے گاڑی کھڑا کرنے کی جگہgóc đỗ xe（英）路侧停车带(供途中紧急停车)

n ˈlayout

the manner in which something is displayed or laid out the layout of the building.uitlegتَصْميم، طريقَة تَخْطيط وترْتيبпланplán, dispozicelayoutdie Anordnungσχέδιο, διάταξηdisposiciónkavandنمایه؛ طرحpohjapiirrosplan, dispositionתוֹכנִיוֹתखाकाrasporedelrendezés, szerkezettata letakútlitshönnun/-teikning; skipulagdisposizione; pianta配置배치išplanavimasplāns; izvietojums; izkārtojumssusun aturindelingoppsett, layoutrozkładdisposiçãoplan, proiectпланировкаplán, úpravaureditevizgledarrangemang, plan, planering, layoutโครงงานplân布局розміщення; планنقشہ یا ترتیبsắp đặt布局

laid up

ill in bed When I caught flu, I was laid up for a fortnight.stil lêمَريض في الفِراشлегналupoutaný na lůžkosengeliggendebettlägerichκρεβατωμένοςencamadohaigevoodisبستری بودنvuoteenomanaalitéרָתוּק לְמִיטָתוֹबीमार हो कर बिस्तर पर पड़नाbolovatinyomja az ágyatberbaring sakitvera rúmfastur(costretto a letto)床につく(병 등으로) 집에 틀어박혀 있다atgulęs, prikaustytas prie lovosgulēt slimamterbaring sakitziek te bed liggend(ligge) til sengszłożony niemocą, unieruchomionyacamadobolnav la patприкованный к постелиupútaný na lôžkopriklenjen na posteljobolestan u krevetusängliggande, liggande sjukนอนป่วยyatakta臥床лежачий; прикутий до ліжкаبیمار ہو کر خانہ نشیں ہوناnằm trên giường卧床

lay aside

to put away or to one side, especially to be used or dealt with at a later time She laid the books aside for later use.afdoen, afgedaanيَضَع جانباоставям на странаodložitlægge til sidebeiseite legenβάζω στην άκρηdejar a un ladokõrvale panemaکنار گذاشتنpanna syrjäänmettre de côtéלַחֲסוֹךअलग रखना, उठा रखना, भावी प्रयोग के लिए बचा रखनाodložitifélreteszmenyingkirkanleggja til hliðarmettere via, mettere da parteわきに置く장래를 위해 따로 두다atidėti, padėti į šalįnolikt pie malas; pietaupītmengetepikanopzijleggenlegge til sideodłożyć na bokde lado pôra pune deoparteоткладыватьodložiťdati na stranostaviti na stranulägga åt sidanวางไว้ด้านข้างbir kenara koymak把...放在一邊відкладати, приберігатиایک طرف ہٹاناđể cái gì sang một bên把...放在一边

lay bare

to show clearly; to expose to view They dug up the road and laid bare the water-pipe; Shy people don't like to lay bare their feelings.bloot lêيَكْشِف، يُظْهِر، يُفْضيразкривамodkrýtblotteenthüllenαποκαλύπτω, ξεγυμνώνωmostrarpaljastamaنمایان کردن؛ ابراز کردنpaljastaamettre à nuלַחשׂוֹףप्रकट करना, ख़ोल देना, भेद खोलनाpokazati, izložitiláthatóvá tesz; kimutatmemperlihatkanopinbera, afhjúpamettere a nudoあらわにするatvertiatklāt; atsegtmemperlihatkanblootleggenblotte, avsløre, avdekkeobnażyćexpora scoate la luminăобнажатьodkryťrazgalitiogolitifrilägga, blottläggaวางaçıkca göstermek暴露розкриватиآشکار کرناthể hiện rõ ràng暴露

lay by

to put away for future use She laid by a store of tinned vegetables.bêreيَدَّخِر، يُوَفِّر لحين الحاجَهпоставямuložitgemmebeiseite legenβάζω στην άκρηguardar, ahorrartallele panemaذخیره کردنpanna säästöönmettre de côtéלַחֲסוֹךअलग रखना, उठा रखना, भावी प्रयोग के लिए बचा रखनाodložitifélreteszmenyisihkanleggja til hliðarmettere da parteたくわえる나중에 쓰려고 따로 두다atidėtinolikt sāņus; atlikt; pietaupītmengetepikanopzijleggengjemme bort til senere bruk, drive med mataukodłożyć na późniejde lado pôrприберегатьodložiťdati na stranostaviti sa stranelägga undanกักตุนbir kenara koymak, saklamak把...留待后用відкладатиمستقبل میں استعمال کے لیے رکھناdành dụm把...留待后用

lay down

1 to give up They laid down their arms; The soldiers laid down their lives in the cause of peace.oorgeeيَتَخَلّى عن، يُلْقي السِّلاحпредавам сеsložit; položitnedlægge; ofreniederlegen, opfernπαραδίδω, θυσιάζωentregarmaha panema, ohverdamaرها کردن؛ جان خود را به خطر انداختنlaskea, luopuadéposer; sacrifierלְהָנִיח אֶת נִשקוֹहथियार डाल देना, (जीवन आदि की) बलि देनाpoložitiletesz (fegyvert); lemond vmirőlmenyerahleggja niðurdeporre; sacrificare捨てる버리다sudėti, atiduotinoliktmenyerahneerleggen, opofferenlegge ned/fra segzłożyć, oddaćdepora depune; a(-şi) sacrificaсложитьzložiť; položiťpoložiti; žrtvovatipoložitilägga ner, offraยอมแพ้bırakmak, vazgeçmek, feda etmek放下，獻出залишатиترک کرناtừ bỏ放下，献出

2 to order or instruct The rule book lays down what should be done in such a case.bepaalيَضَع الأسُس، يَرْسُم خطَّة عَمَلописвамustanovitanvisefestlegenκαθορίζω, δίνω οδηγίεςimponer, fijarmääramaمشخص کردن؛ وضع کردنmäärätäétablirלִקבּוֹעनिर्धारित करनाnalagatilefektetmenetapkanfyrirskipastabilire規定する규정하다nustatytiformulēt; izstrādāt (plānu u.tml.)menetapkanaangevenfastsette, bestemmestanowić, przewidywaćensinara stabili; a enunţaпредписыватьustanoviťpredpisatipropisivatiföreskriva, fastslåแนะนำemretmek規定встановлювати; формулюватиہدایت دیناđề ra规定

3 to store My father laid down a good stock of wine which I am now drinking.stoorيَخْزِن، يَدَّخِرскалдирамuskladnitgemme; lagrelagernαποθηκεύωguardar (en bodega)varuks panemaاندوختنvarastoidamettre en caveלֶאֱגוֹרरख देनाpohranitielteszmenyimpansetja í geymslumettere in cantina; fare una provvista di貯蔵する저장하다sukauptipaglabātmenyimpanopslaanlegge ned, konservere, hermetiserezrobić zapasguardarзапасатьodložiť do pivniceukletitisačuvatilagraกักตุนdepolamak貯藏запасатиذخیرہ کرناdụ trữ贮藏

lay (one's) hands on

1 to find or be able to obtain I wish I could lay (my) hands on that book!opspoorيَحْصَل علىнамирамsehnatfinde; få fat ihabhaft werdenβρίσκω, αποκτώpillar algokätte saamaدست زدن بهpäästä käsiksimettre la main surלְהָנִיח אֶת הַיָד עַלपाना, हाथ आनाpoložitimegszerezmendapatkanná í, komast yfirmettere le mani su手に入れる찾아내다, 손에 넣다rasti, gautiatrast; iegūtmendapatkande hand leggen opfinne, få tak i