Definitions from Wiktionary (Lay)

▸ verb:  (transitive)
▸ verb:  To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
▸ verb:  (archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
▸ verb:  To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
▸ verb:  To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
▸ verb:  To produce and deposit an egg.
▸ verb:  To bet (that something is or is not the case).
▸ verb:  To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
▸ verb:  (slang) To have sex with.
▸ verb:  (law) To state; to allege.
▸ verb:  (military) To point; to aim.
▸ verb:  (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
▸ verb:  (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
▸ verb:  (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
▸ verb:  To apply; to put.
▸ verb:  To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
▸ verb:  To impute; to charge; to allege.
▸ verb:  To present or offer.
▸ verb:  (intransitive)
▸ verb:  (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
▸ verb:  (proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
▸ noun:  Arrangement or relationship; layout.
▸ noun:  A share of the profits in a business.
▸ noun:  The direction a rope is twisted.
▸ noun:  (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
▸ noun:  (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
▸ noun:  (slang, archaic) A place or activity where someone spends a significant portion of their time.
▸ noun:  The laying of eggs.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A layer.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A basis or ground.
▸ noun:  (thieves' cant, obsolete) A pursuit or practice; a dodge.
▸ noun:  A lake.
▸ adjective:  Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
▸ adjective:  Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
▸ adjective:  (card games) Not trumps.
▸ adjective:  (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
▸ noun:  A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
▸ noun:  A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A meadow; a lea.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) A law.
▸ noun:  (obsolete) An obligation; a vow.
▸ verb:  (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
▸ noun:  A river in western France.
▸ noun:  A surname.
▸ Also see lay

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