lay

Betekenis (Engels)

Verb

1. (transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
2. (archaic, transitive) To cause to subside or abate.
3. (transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
4. (transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
5. (transitive) To produce and deposit (an egg or eggs).
6. (transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
7. (transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
8. (slang, transitive) To have sex with.
9. (transitive) To state; to allege.
10. (transitive) To point; to aim.
11. (transitive) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
12. (transitive) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
13. (transitive) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
14. (transitive) To apply; to put.
15. (transitive) To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
16. (transitive) To impute; to charge; to allege.
17. (transitive) To present or offer.
18. (intransitive) To produce and deposit an egg or eggs.
19. (intransitive) To subside or abate.
20. (intransitive) To take a position; to come or go.
21. (intransitive, proscribed) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

Noun

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

lie

• Verb
• Noun
• Noun

Lees verder

Concepten

leggen

zetten

neerleggen

plaatsen

wereldlijk

vlijen

aanleggen

doen

neerzetten

uitbrengen

opleggen

steken

stellen

stoppen

🛑

ligging

wegleggen

wegzetten

leken-

leke-

bergen

lied

🎶

afzetten

naar bed brengen

etaleren

aanbrengen

opbergen

aantrekken

opbrengen

beleggen

richten

in bed stoppen

bewaren

smeden

blootstellen

aandoen

uitdoen

uitkrijgen

afdoen

uitstallen

uittrekken

afleggen

neerzitten

aanmaken

aanwenden

aanzetten

bedrijven

benutten

bouwen

construeren

dekken

Synoniemen

put

place

set

lay down

put down

secular

install

deposit

ballad

position

locate

spread

arrange

set down

plant

🌱

laic

situate

pose

pave

lie

apply

repose

make

set up

seat

💺

rest

cover

station

🚉

bring forth

produce

assign

bet

unfold

stick

impose

song

🎶

put to bed

establish

put in

put away

put off

build

construct

put on

nonprofessional

amateur

beget

lodge

lie down

lay aside

Vertalingen

poser

legen

poner

mettre

pondre

coucher

pôr

mettere

posare

acostar

stellen

setzen

colocar

colocar

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/leɪ/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: leyen

Overgenomen van Oudengels: leċġan

Verwant aan Fries: lizze

Verwant aan Nederlands: leggen

Verwant aan Duits: legen

Verwant aan Noors - Bokmål: legge

Verwant aan Noors - Nynorsk: leggja

Verwant aan Zweeds: lägga

Verwant aan IJslands: leggja

Verwant aan Albanees: lag

Overgenomen van Middelengels: laie

Overgenomen van Oudengels: lagu

Verwant aan IJslands: lögur

Verwant aan Latijn: lacus

Overgenomen van Middelengels: lay

Verwant aan Oudhoogduits: leih

Verwant aan Middelhoogduits: leich

Verwant aan Oudengels: lācan

In summary

Inherited 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 Saterland Frisian lääse (“to lay; to lie”), West Frisian lizze (“to lay, to lie”), Cimbrian leng (“to lay”), Dutch leggen (“to lay”), German legen (“to lay”), Limburgish lègke (“to lay”), Luxembourgish leeën (“to lay”), Yiddish לייגן (leygn, “to lay”), Danish lægge (“to lay”), Faroese, Icelandic leggja (“to lay”), Norwegian Bokmål legge (“to lay”), Norwegian Nynorsk legga, legge, leggja, leggje (“to lay”), Swedish lägga (“to lay”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌲𐌾𐌰𐌽 (lagjan, “to lay”), Old French laier, laiier, laire (“to leave”), Albanian lag (“troop, band, war encampment”).

Zinnen

He had seen the shooting star and was persuaded that a meteorite lay somewhere nearby .

Hij had de schietster gezien en werd overtuigd dat een meteoriet ergens in de buurt lag.

He was a devoted lay Methodist for nine years .