lay

Meaning

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

Frequency

B1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/leɪ/
Etymology

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”).

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