lay down

Significado (Inglês)

1. 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. To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision.
4. 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. To euthanize an animal.
7. To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
8. To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting.
9. To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build.
10. (obsolete) To place a sheet in a printing press for printing.

Sinônimos

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

remove

resolve

rest

say

🗣️

set forth

set out

set up

solve

speak

🗣️

specify

stow

tear

add

use

wrestle

fell down

pass oneself off

place on

posture

put something down

cause to sleep

turn to account

administer

append

assess

assign

attach

bend

break

cease

command

constitute

control

decide

decree

define

depose

dictate

drop

employ

enact

enclose

estimate

ferment

formulate

govern

impose

Etimologia (Inglês)

Herdado de inglês médio: leyen doun

In summary

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