lay  /leɪ/

noun

1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

synset: ballad, lay

2. a narrative poem of popular origin

synset: ballad, lay

verb

1. put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

synset: put, set, place, pose, position, lay

2. put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

synset: lay, put_down, repose

3. prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

synset: lay

4. lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"

synset: lay

5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"

synset: lay

adj

1. characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"

synset: laic, lay, secular

2. not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"

synset: lay

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