lay
Signification (English)
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- To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- To cause to subside or abate.
- To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
- To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- To produce and deposit an egg.
- To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- (slang) To have sex with.
- To state; to allege.
- To point; to aim.
- To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- To apply; to put.
- To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- To impute; to charge; to allege.
- To present or offer.
- To take a position; to come or go.
- To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
Concepts
s’asseoir
poser sur
Synonyms
lay egg
give birth to
give rise
make use of
put on clothes
put onto
give odds
turn to account
lie on
pass oneself off
short poem
throw to the ground
turn something over
lay something upside down
spread all over
bring into existence
be laid
lay the foundation of
not trained
spread a net
cause to lie
make a presentation of
distribute a bonus
share profit
receive dividends
meadow grass rotation
elucidate
Fréquence
Prononcé comme (IPA)
/leɪ/
Étymologie (English)
In summary
From Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old English leċġan (“to lay”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie, recline”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, recline”). Cognate with West Frisian lizze (“to lay, to lie”), Dutch leggen (“to lay”), German legen (“to lay”), Norwegian Bokmål legge (“to lay”), Norwegian Nynorsk leggja (“to lay”), Swedish lägga (“to lay”), Icelandic leggja (“to lay”), Albanian lag (“troop, band, war encampment”).
lie
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- To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
- To be placed or situated.
- To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
- Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
- Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
- Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
- To lodge; to sleep.
- To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
- To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.
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