adjective
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(of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.
verb
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To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
example
A shower of rain lays the dust.
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To cause to subside or abate.
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To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
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To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
example
lay brick; lay flooring
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To produce and deposit an egg.
example
Did dinosaurs lay their eggs in a nest?
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To bet (that something is or is not the case).
example
I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday.
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To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
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To have sex with.
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To take a position; to come or go.
example
to lay forward; to lay aloft
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To state; to allege.
example
to lay the venue
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To point; to aim.
example
to lay a gun
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(ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
example
to lay a cable or rope
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To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
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To place (new type) properly in the cases.
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To apply; to put.
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To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
example
to lay a tax on land
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To impute; to charge; to allege.
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To present or offer.
example
to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one
verb
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To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).