laying

/ˈleɪ.ɪŋ/

verb

1
To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
“A shower of rain lays the dust.”
2
To cause to subside or abate.
3
To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
4
To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
“lay brick; lay flooring”
5
To produce and deposit an egg.
“Did dinosaurs lay their eggs in a nest?”
6
To bet (that something is or is not the case).
“I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday.”
7
To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
8
To have sex with.
9
To take a position; to come or go.
“to lay forward; to lay aloft”
10
To state; to allege.
“to lay the venue”
11
To point; to aim.
“to lay a gun”
12
(ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
“to lay a cable or rope”
13
To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
14
To place (new type) properly in the cases.
15
To apply; to put.
16
To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
“to lay a tax on land”
17
To impute; to charge; to allege.
18
To present or offer.
“to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one”