lay ing

(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.

(transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).

(transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

(transitive) To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).

(transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).

(transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.

(transitive) (slang) To have sex with.

(transitive) (law) To state; to allege.

(transitive) (military) To point; to aim.

(transitive) (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.

(transitive) (printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

(transitive) (printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.

(transitive) To apply; to put.

(transitive) To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).

(transitive) To impute; to charge; to allege.

(transitive) To present or offer.

(intransitive) To produce and deposit an egg or eggs.

(intransitive) (of e.g. wind) To subside or abate.

(intransitive) (nautical) To take a position; to come or go.

(intransitive) (proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

(Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

(transitive) (archaic) To cause to subside or abate.

Arrangement or relationship; layout.

A share of the profits in a business.

The direction a rope is twisted.

(colloquial) A casual sexual partner.

(colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.

The laying of eggs.

A lake.

A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.

A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.

(slang, archaic) A place or activity where someone spends a significant portion of their time.

(obsolete) A layer.

(obsolete) A basis or ground.

(thieves' cant, obsolete) A pursuit or practice; a dodge.

(obsolete) A meadow; a lea.

(obsolete) A law.

(obsolete) An obligation; a vow.

A surname.

A river in western France.

Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.

Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.

(card games) Not trumps.

(obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.