📖 Definitions of "Lay"
noun
- 1
Arrangement or relationship; layout.
"the lay of the land"
- 2
A share of the profits in a business.
- 3
A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- 4
The direction a rope is twisted.
"Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way."
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"
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