lay

Definition von lay im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: To place something down in a position of rest; To leave something somewhere; To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle)
Even when I lay a long plan, it is never in the expectation that I will live to see it fulfilled.; Simple past of lie when pertaining to position
The baby lay in its crib and slept silently.; To cause to subside or abate
But how upon the winds being laid, doth the ship cease to move?.; Arrangement or relationship; layout
nonstandard or colloquial the lay of the land (rather than the standard the lie of the land).; Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution; A casual sexual partner
What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?.; To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another
lay flooring.; The direction a rope is twisted
Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.; To produce and deposit an egg; To have sex with; a short song; a short poem or narrative, one usually intended to be sung; To wager that an event will not take place; Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them
They seemed more lay than clerical.; A ballad or sung poem; Past tense of lie. the past tense of lie; {a} laical; {n} a song, grassy ground, row, wager; {v} to put, place, apply, wager, calm, still, bring eggs, contrive; not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"; Not educated or cultivated; ignorant; {f} place in a horizontal position; set in place; produce and deposit (an egg or eggs); present, propose; prepare; spread out; put; set; deposit; locate; cause; appease; cause to subside or end; bet, wager; The way in which strands of a rope or cable are twisted Climbing and SRT Ref JJ; The position of print on a sheet of paper; in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope; Short lengths of pipe welded together offshore & laid from the back of a lay ship Max lay rate 5miles / day; To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan; A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay; The length measured along the axis of a wire or cable required for a single strand (in a stranded wire) or conductor (in cable) to make one complete turn about the axis of the conductor or cable; To produce and deposit eggs; A melody; any musical utterance; Non-professional, not being a member of an organized institution (e.g. scientific lay person); To lie; To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land; To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk; A wager; Originally the Anglicized term for the French lai, it later came to be used by English poets as a synonym for song or for narrative poetry of moderate length (See also Tragedy); To cause to lie dead or dying; Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother; To place (new type) properly in the cases; To produce and deposit (an egg); {i} poem which tells a story (especially one that can be sung); song; To prepare (e.g., the groundwork, the table); {i} way in which something is laid or lies (especially of a country); (Slang) sexual partner (vulgar); (Slang) sexual intercourse (vulgar); The laity; the common people; not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease; A law; To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue; lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"; A job, price, or profit; A song or simple narrative poem The form originated in medieval France Early French lais were often based on the Celtic legends and other tales sung by Breton minstrels thus the name of the "Breton lay " In fourteenth-century England, the term "lay" was used to describe short narratives written in imitation of the Breton lays The most notable of these is Geoffrey Chaucer's "The Minstrel's Tale "; To have sexual intercourse with someone, especially in a casual manner; A meadow; The direction of predominant surface features; A plan; a scheme; To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust; The axial distance required for one cabled conductor or conductor strand to complete one revolution about the axis around which it is cabled; To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft; To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint; Pertaining to wire and cable, the axial distance required for one cable conductor or conductor strand to complete one revolution about the axis around which it is cabled; from laios, a Greek word meaning the people; Faith; creed; religious profession; The length measured along the axis of a wire or cable required for a single strand (in stranded wire) or conductor (in cable) to make one complete turn about the axis of the conductor or cable; A long narrative poem, especially one that was sung by medieval minstrels called trouvères The Lais of Marie de France are lays; Arrangement or relationship; layout; eg, the lay of the land; Pertaining to wire and cable, the axial distance required for one cabled conductor or conductor strand to complete one revolution about the axis around which it is cabled Lay Direction The twist in the cables as indicated by the top strands while looking along the axis of the cable away from the observer Described as "right hand or "left hand"; A measure of yarn; a lea; Not belonging to the clergy
lay a finger on: If you lay a finger on my little brother, I'll have your guts for garters
lay a finger on: To merely touch
lay a foundation: To make a start
You should lay a foundation, even if you can't finish the project.
lay a foundation: To elicit information from a witness to show that the witness has knowledge of a matter before the witness testifies to the matter itself
In order to lay a foundation for the witness to describe the murder, the prosecutor first had to show that the witness was present when the murder occurred.
lay a venue: to allege a place
lay about: To set about, with infinitive or gerund
lay about: To strike blows in all directions
lay an egg: To produce an egg
lay an egg: To produce a failure or flop; to do something which is unsuccessful
That author usually writes good stuff, but he really laid an egg with that last piece.
lay at the feet of: To assign responsibility for (something) to {someone}
lay bare: to expose or clarify something
lay bare: to make bare; strip
And laid those proud roofs bare to summer's rain. --Byron.
lay bare: to expose to view, reveal, uncover
The central and centralized, imperial governments, guided by the big interests of the country, induced in their unfortunate subjects this last pestilential epidemic of military mania by means of a persistent course of direct and indirect suggestion in which the conditions of normal and abnormal suggestibility were specially emphasized, laying bare the social subconscious, stimulating in it the fear of invasion and attack by neighboring nations, stirring up the impulse of self-preservation, rousing the entranced, hypnotized mind of the populace to a frenzy of self-defense, while the junkers, the officers, the soldiers, the professors, the journalists of the middle-classes were entranced with beatific visions of world-dominion.
lay brother: A layman who is a member of a brotherhood without the intention to become a priest
The male branch of the Franciscan family, a community of Lesser Brothers, is made up of men who are both clergy and consecrated laity traditionally called lay brothers.'.
lay by: To tend (a crop) for the last time, leaving it to mature without further cultivation
lay by: Alternative form of lay-by
lay by: To remain stationary while heading into the wind; to come to a standstill; heave to; lay to
lay by: To put away for future use; put aside; store; save; hoard; to build up as savings
He had managed to lay by money for college through his years as a paperboy.
lay day: A day in which a vessel may load or unload a cargo without paying an extra charge
lay down: To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by
lay down: To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground
Lay down your arms.
lay down: To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting
I feel a bit ill, so I'm going to go lay down for a while.
lay down: To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life."
lay down: To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies)
You've got to lay down the law with that boy.
lay down the law: To present the law that applies to a given case
lay down the law: To promulgate law
lay down the law: To authoritatively or dogmatically assert what is permitted or not permitted
lay figure: An unimportant person
lay figure: A jointed model of the human body used by artists, or to display clothes
lay hands on: To find, obtain or procure
If we can lay hands on some chicken wire and a black light, we can make some scary Halloween decorations.
lay hold of: To obtain
lay hold of: To seize; catch; apprehend
lay into: To berate; to scold
lay into: To beat up
lay it on the line: To state something, for example an ultimatum, strongly and clearly
lay it on thick: To flatter
He knew he needed to lay it on thick in his job interview.
lay it on thick: To guilt, guilt-trip
Her mother laid it on thick, telling her to call home more often.
lay it on thick: To exaggerate or overstate a feeling or emotion
She laid it on thick when her pet died.
lay low: to knock out; to cause to fall
He was laid low by a vicious blow to the head.
lay low: to remain hidden or to hide oneself
I’m going to lay low for a bit in case the police come looking.
lay off: To stop bothering, annoying, teasing, pestering, pressuring, being aggressive with, or hovering over someone; to leave (someone) alone
Lay off it, already!.
lay off: To place all or part of a bet with another bookmaker in order to reduce risk
lay off: To cease, quit, stop (doing something)
When are you gonna lay off smoking?.
lay off: To dismiss (workers) from employment, e.g. at a time of low business volume, often with a severance package
lay open: In Japan and South Korea, to publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration
lay out: to arrange in a certain way
Because his opinions are all over the place, they find it easy to scrutinise them and lay them out;.
lay out: to concoct; think up
It was about dark now; so I dropped the canoe down the river under some willows that hung over the bank, and waited for the moon to rise. I made fast to a willow; then I took a bite to eat, and by and by laid down in the canoe to smoke a pipe and lay out a plan.
lay out: to expend
There are but two ways of paying debt: increase of industry in raising income, increase of thrift in laying it out.
lay over: To make an intermediary stop somewhere
lay person: An alternative spelling of layperson. While lay person is not uncommon the spelling layperson seems to be more common and by analogy with the words layman and laywoman the single word spelling more logical
lay preacher: A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services in a religious denomination
lay preachers: plural form of lay preacher
lay reader: A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services
lay readers: plural form of lay reader
lay rubber: To accelerate so rapidly from standstill that it leaves a mark of burnt rubber on the road from the tire
lay siege: To attack continually over a long period
They're laying siege to all we hold dear.
lay siege: To besiege, to engage in a siege
And lay siege against it, and build a fort against it, and cast a mount against it; set the camp also against it, and set battering rams against it round about.
lay speaker: A person who is not ordained but is appointed to lead Church services
lay speakers: plural form of lay speaker
lay the groundwork: To create a foundation; to provide the basics or fundamentals
The introductory mathematics courses will lay the groundwork for all your subsequent engineering studies.
lay the pipe: To have penetrative sex with a woman
lay the smack down: To start a fight
lay to rest: To bury one who has died
He was laid to rest beneath the old oak tree in 1825.
lay up: To take out of active service
lay up: To store; to put by
I employed myself in making, as well as I could, a great many baskets, both to carry earth or to carry or lay up anything, as I had occasion; and though I did not finish them very handsomely, yet I made them sufficiently serviceable for my purpose.
lay up: To make a layup with (a basketball)
He takes the pass, he drives, he lays it up and in.
lay up: To disable
lay up: To go out of active service
lay waste: To completely destroy
The hurricane laid waste to the better part of several counties.
lay-by: A railroad siding; a second, short railroad track just to the side of a railroad track, connected with the main track by a switch and used for unloading, bypassing, etc
lay-by: A widened section of a narrow river or canal, formed to one side so as to leave the channel free, for mooring of vessels, where vessels can lay over or allow others to pass
lay-by: A paved area at the side of a highway designated for drivers to stop in, for emergency parking, or where vehicles can wait, with larger lay-bys possibly having facilities like food vendors or public telephones
lay-by: A method of retail purchase in which the customer chooses goods and the shop sets them aside and lets the customer pay them off over time, with the customer receiving them when fully paid. US/UK: layaway
Both quoted in Sidney J. Baker, The Australian Language, second edition, 1966, chapter X, section 2, page 206.
lay-in: A shot in which the ball is tossed directly into the basket from near the rim
lay off: postpone; fire, dismiss from a job
lay one's cards on the table: speak frankly, be honest, not hold back
lay a trap: set a trap to catch someone or something
lay one's life on the line: Sacrifice one's life for a cause or for another
lay emphasis on: Lay emphasis on, lay stress on, lay weight on: Emphasize, treat as being particularly important
lay of the land: (deyim) The way something is arranged; the important facts about something; how things are
lay of the land: (deyim) The natural features of a piece of land, such as hills and valleys
lay something on the table: (deyim) Present a matter for discussion
I went to the meeting and laid my concerns about the new product on the table.
lay your hands on something: (deyim) to succeed in obtaining something
lie: To be in a horizontal position
Our uninquiring corpses lie more low / Than our life's curiosity doth go.
lie: To give false information intentionally
lie: A deliberately false statement; an intentional falsehood
lie: {f} be in a horizontal position, recline; be placed in a horizontal position; rest; be located, be situated; be or remain in a particular position or condition; be, exist; extend; be acceptable (Law)
lie: {f} make an intentionally untruthful statement, tell a falsehood; purposefully deceive
lie: {i} manner in which something lies, state, position, posture; lair of an animal
lie: a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
lie: {i} untruthful statement, falsehood; deception
lie: position or manner in which something is situated
lie: Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
laying: {i} act of placing in a horizontal position; setting in place, setting down, arranging; causing to lie down; putting; placing
lie: be and remain in a particular state or condition; "lie dormant"
lie: To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin
lie: originate (in); "The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country"
lie: tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive; "Don't lie to your parents"; "She lied when she told me she was only 29"
lie: be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
Lie: Norwegian politician and first secretary-general of the United Nations (1946-1953). lie detector Lie Jonas Lauritz Idemil Lie Trygve
lie: {v} to tell a lie, to utter a falsehood
lie: {v} to rest, lean, stay, remain, cost, belonging to
lie: {n} an untruth or falsehood uttered with a criminal intention, a fiction
laid: of Lay
laid: A fne quality paper in which the smooth wove surface is replaced by a series of translucent lines about 1mm apart crossed at 90o by lines 25mm apart These are created by a wire roller, called a Dandy Roll, on the papermaking machine
laid: Ribbed paper finish, closely resembling handmade paper
laid: Laid is the past tense and past participle of lay. Past tense and past participle of lay. past tense and past participle of lay
laid: past tense of to lay
laid: set down according to a plan: "a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern
laid: {s} positioned horizontally; fallen down; placed; displayed; thrown; located; set; caused; appeased
laid: A finished produced with a dandy roll having closely spaced wires
laid: past participle of to lay
laid: set down according to a plan: "a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern"
lay back: Bow-ward lean of oarsmen at the finish
lay back: n/vb a move requiring pulling with arms to the side and pushing with the feet in the opposite direction (syn lieback)
lay back: (n/vb ) a move requiring pulling with arms to the side and pushing with the feet in the opposite direction (syn lieback)
lay down: set, determine; (Slang) abase oneself
lay down: If you lay something down, you put it down, usually because you have finished using it. Daniel finished the article and laid the newspaper down on his desk She laid down her knife and fork and pushed her plate away
lay down: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws"
lay down: If someone lays down their weapons, they stop fighting a battle or war and make peace. The drug-traffickers have offered to lay down their arms
lay down: institute, enact, or establish; "make laws
lay down: If rules or people in authority lay down what people should do or must do, they officially state what they should or must do. Taxis must conform to the rigorous standards laid down by the police. = set down
lay down: fell off his feet
lay in: If you lay in an amount of something, you buy it and store it to be used later. They began to lay in extensive stores of food supplies
lay in: keep or lay aside for future use; "store grain for the winter"; "The bear stores fat for the period of hibernation when he doesn't eat"
lay low: keep a low profile, remain inconspicuous, go into hiding
lay off: dismiss, usually for economic reasons; "She was laid off together with hundreds of other workers when the company downsized"
lay off: to dismiss from employment, sometimes temporarily
lay off: To rule off a course
lay off: If workers are laid off, they are told by their employers to leave their job, usually because there is no more work for them to do. 100,000 federal workers will be laid off to reduce the deficit They did not sell a single car for a month and had to lay off workers. see also layoff
lay off: To reduce the point count for the non-knocker, by added cards to the melds of the knocker
lay off: When a company is unable to compete and must reduce expenses, they may be forced to send some employees home A lay off is usually considered "temporary" until the company is able to regain financial stability
lay off: To carry out a transaction in the market to offset a previous transaction and return to a square position
lay off: put an end to a state or an activity; "Quit teasing your little brother"
lay off: To brush an unloaded paintbrush across a wet painted surface to create a smooth as possible finish
lay on: If you lay on something such as food, entertainment, or a service, you provide or supply it, especially in a generous or grand way. They laid on a superb evening
lay out: {f} place an object out for display; dress something in details; get ready for a precise objective or event; prepare a body for burying; spend money; (Slang) knock a person unconscious
lay out: (To) (a) To disburse: Il dépensa de grandes sommes d'argent (b) To display goods: Mettre des marchandises en montre To place in convenient order what is required for wear: Préparer ses beaux habits (c) To prepare a corpse for the coffin, by placing the limbs in order, and dressing the body in its grave-clothes
lay out: {i} (Slang) equipment for drug taking
lay out: To lay out ideas, principles, or plans means to explain or present them clearly, for example in a document or a meeting. Maxwell listened closely as Johnson laid out his plan Cuomo laid it out in simple language
lay out: provide a detailed plan or design; "She laid out her plans for the new house"
lay out: (To) (a) To disburse: Il dépensa de grandes sommes d'argent (b To display goods Mettre des marchandises en montre To place in convenient order what is required for wear: Préparer ses beaux habits (c To prepare a corpse for the coffin, by placing the limbs in order, and dressing the body in its grave-clothes
lay out: If you lay out a group of things, you spread them out and arrange them neatly, for example so that they can all be seen clearly. Grace laid out the knives and forks at the lunch-table She took a deck of cards and began to lay them out
lay out: If you lay out money on something, you spend a large amount of money on it. You won't have to lay out a fortune for this dining table. = fork out, shell out see also layout
lay out: To lay out an area of land or a building means to plan and design how its different parts should be arranged. When we laid out the car parks, we reckoned on one car per four families Only people that use a kitchen all the time understand the best way to lay it out
lay out: To not play Generally refers to rhythm section players choosing to not play accompaniment for a chorus or two
lay out: bring forward and present to the mind; "We presented the arguments to him"; "We cannot represent this knowledge to our formal reason"
lay out: get ready for a particular purpose or event; "set up an experiment"; "set the table"; "lay out the tools for the surgery"
lay out: lay out in a line
lay out: provide a detailed plan or design; "She laid out her plans for the new house

Türkisch - Englisch

Definition von lay im Türkisch Englisch wörterbuch: the lay
lay lay: lai lai

lay

Türkische aussprache

ley

Synonyme

inexpert, nonclerical, nonprofessional, nonspecialist, ordinary, secular, temporal, unsacred, arrange, deposit, dispose, establish, fix, leave, locate

Antonyme

back, ordained, professional, lift, take, neglect, rough

Aussprache

/ˈlā/ /ˈleɪ/

Etymologie

[ lA ] (verb.) before 12th century. Old English lecgan, from Germanic. A causative form of lie. Cognate with Dutch leggen, German legen, Swedish lägga.