lay

About 55.98 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Lama Bai.
2. verb 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

3. verb 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

4. verb To cause to subside or abate.
5. verb To compel a supernatural entity to cease haunting a place, often by ritual or prayer; to exorcise or banish (a spirit or ghost).
6. verb To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
7. verb To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

   lay brick; lay flooring

8. verb To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).

   The hen laid an egg.

Similar words

set put down repose put position place profane nonprofessional laic secular

Often followed by

in down the on a out at there before

Word family

laid laying lays lie