lay down

Meaning

1. (transitive) To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground.
2. To place on the ground, e.g. a railway on a trackbed.
3. (transitive) To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
4. (transitive) To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies).
5. To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by.
6. (dated, transitive) To kill (someone).
7. (euphemistic, transitive) To euthanize an animal.
8. To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
9. (intransitive, proscribed) To lie down.
10. (dated) To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build.
11. (obsolete) To place a sheet in a printing press for printing.

lie down

1. (intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.
2. (imperative, intransitive) To assume a horizontal position.
3. (intransitive) To be lazy or remiss.
4. (intransitive) To submit passively.
5. (euphemistic) To have sexual intercourse (with).

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Synonyms

put down

put

place

lay

set

lay off

set down

lie down

sleep

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make

put to bed

establish

overthrow

locate

make lie down

position

determine

prescribe

spread out

lay out

apply

put on

deposit

throw down

place down

put to sleep

indicate

insert

introduce

layout

leave

legislate

lie

lower

make out

make use of

mandate

map out

modify

order

overturn

paste

plan

point out

pose

practice

put away

put in

put onto

put to rest

Translations

poser

poner

mettre

coucher

déposer

legen

acostar

ponere

stabilire

mettere

ponere

leggen

plaatsen

établir

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: leyen doun

In summary

From Middle English leyen doun, leien doun (“to lay down”), equivalent to lay + down.