lay

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
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.
5. To produce and deposit an egg.
6. To bet (that something is or is not the case).
7. To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
8. (slang) To have sex with.
9. To state; to allege.
10. To point; to aim.
11. To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
12. To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
13. To place (new type) properly in the cases.
14. To apply; to put.
15. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
16. To impute; to charge; to allege.
17. To present or offer.
18. To take a position; to come or go.
19. To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

Noun

1. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
2. A share of the profits in a business.
3. The direction a rope is twisted.
4. (colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
5. (colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
6. (slang) A place or activity where someone spends a significant portion of their time.
7. The laying of eggs.
8. (obsolete) A layer.
9. (obsolete) A basis or ground.
10. (obsolete) A pursuit or practice; a dodge.

Noun

A lake.

Adj

1. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
2. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
3. Not trumps.
4. (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

Noun

1. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
2. A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.

Noun

A meadow; a lea.

Noun

1. (obsolete) A law.
2. (obsolete) An obligation; a vow.

Concepten

leggen

zetten

plaatsen

neerleggen

wereldlijk

vlijen

ligging

doen

opleggen

steken

stellen

stoppen

aanleggen

uitbrengen

neerzetten

aanbrengen

aandoen

aantrekken

opbrengen

in bed stoppen

naar bed brengen

afdoen

afleggen

afzetten

bergen

bewaren

blootstellen

etaleren

opbergen

uitdoen

uitkrijgen

uitstallen

uittrekken

wegleggen

wegzetten

leke-

beleggen

lied

richten

smeden

leken-

indoen

inleggen

inzetten

aanwenden

aanzetten

benutten

doorvoeren

gebruiken

in toepassing brengen

toepassen

voordoen

aanmaken

bedrijven

bouwen

construeren

fitten

installeren

maken

poseren

situeren

stationeren

uitrichten

uitvoeren

zitten

dekken

vlijen

wereldlijk

eieren

buitenkerkelijk

leger

neerslaan

ontwerpen

plan

richting

verwedden

winstaandeel

gaan zitten

neerzitten

plaatsnemen

zetelen

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/leɪ/

Etymologie (Engels)

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”).