Dictionary
laying
Meaning
present participle and gerund of lay
Pronounced as (IPA)
/ˈleɪ.ɪŋ/
New
lay
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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.
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