lay

Significado (Inglês)

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

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Conceitos

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Baladas

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Sinônimos

put

place

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install

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ballad

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arrange

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🌱

laic

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make

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💺

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🚉

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song

🎶

put to bed

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put in

put away

put off

build

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nonprofessional

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lie down

lay aside

Traduções

poser

legen

poner

mettre

pondre

leggen

mettere

coucher

posare

stellen

setzen

acostar

colocar

laico

Pronunciado como (IPA)

/leɪ/

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: leyen

Herdado de inglês arcaico: leċġan

Cognato com frísio ocidental: lizze

Cognato com holandês: leggen

Cognato com alemão: legen

Cognato com bokmål norueguês: legge

Cognato com nynorsk norueguês: leggja

Cognato com sueco: lägga

Cognato com islandês: leggja

Cognato com albanês: lag

Herdado de inglês médio: laie

Herdado de inglês arcaico: lagu

Cognato com islandês: lögur

Cognato com latim: lacus

Herdado de inglês médio: lay

Cognato com alemão arcaico alto: leih

Cognato com alto alemão médio: leich

Cognato com inglês arcaico: 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”).

Frases

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

Ele tinha visto a estrela do tiro e foi convencida de que um meteorito estava em algum lugar próximo.

He was a devoted lay Methodist for nine years .