[
US
/ˈɫeɪ/
]
[ UK /lˈeɪ/ ]
[ UK /lˈeɪ/ ]
ADJECTIVE
-
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
the lay ministry -
not of or from a profession
a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease
VERB
-
put in a horizontal position
lay the patient carefully onto the bed
lay the books on the table -
impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
lay a responsibility on someone -
prepare or position for action or operation
lay the foundation for a new health care plan
lay a fire -
put into a certain place or abstract location
Place emphasis on a certain point
Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Set the tray down
Put your things here -
lay eggs
This hen doesn't lay
NOUN
- a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
- a narrative poem of popular origin
How To Use lay In A Sentence
- A little pyrotechnics display tacked on just serves to emphasise its lack of cutting edge. Times, Sunday Times
- There were 42 free-kicks, two penalties, four bookings and three players sent off, two of whom had to be escorted from the pitch by police.
- She tore her eyes from them for a moment to spy the bodhrán player in the tree, tapping out her rhythm with her eyes closed, not noticing the spy amongst them.
- Elisabeth found herself with a straggle of colonists in a mosquito-ridden, uncleared jungle where sandflies bored into the skin of the feet and the clay soil was so intractable that nothing would grow.
- He wrote and tcanslaited many fortunate connexion « Mr. Boweai other works, and among the rest being unable to pay the costs in-* wa»the author of one play, called curred by the suit in the Spiritual Biographia dramatica, or, A companion to the playhouse:
- The poems, plays, and essays of the committed cultural nationalist are characterized by a markedly hortatory or didactic manner.
- Rows of brick garden apartments all backed onto a massive common garden: a shared backyard for children to play, dogs to gambol, and families to eat picnics together. Day of Honey
- Petanque may be the only sport inspired by a disability - that of Jules LeNoir, who in 1910 was a dedicated player of boules, a French game much like bocce ball.
- I have no great picture of her to link because I am out of town in San Francisco and all the pictures I have are the naked librarian Playboy centerfolds I got in email a few days back.
- I think a lot of players from bigger clubs have spent time on loan at smaller clubs and it has really helped.
