What part of speech is lay?

Lay can be categorized as an adjective, a noun and a verb.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. lay is a verb, present, 1st person singular of lay (infinitive).
  • 2. lay is a verb (infinitive).
  • 3. lay is a noun, singular of lays.
  • 4. lay is an adjective.

Inflections

Verb

Noun

Adjective

What does lay mean?

Definitions

Adjective
lay - not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
lay - characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"

Verb
lay - put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
lay - lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"
lay - prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
lay - impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"
lay - put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

Noun
lie - a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth
lie - position or manner in which something is situated
Lie - Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)
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Examples of lay

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1. verb Lay the books on the table.
2. verb Lay the patient carefully onto the bed.
3. verb This hen doesn't lay.
4. verb Lay a fire.
5. verb Lay the foundation for a new health care plan.
6. verb Lay a responsibility on someone.
7. verb According to former Indian army general A S Kalkat, the difficulty for Kumaratunga's government lay in the fact that the LTTE had become a de jure power in the north and east of the island and was running every aspect of civil administration in the areas within its control.
8. verb We used to go out and lay in the pasture on a blanket and watch for the space shuttle.
9. verb And then another call with all folks or a meeting at the jobsite to lay out the plan.
10. verb When I open a can of meat with gravy he licks off the gravy and lets the meat lay.
11. verb The two lay their eggs inside the cave you made for them.
12. verb Lay some knowledge on them dude.
13. verb She is crate trained, potty trained, and can sit, lay down, stay, come, fetch, and will even stay in a down position while I throw a treat across the floor or even right next to her paw, and she wont get it until I give her the command.
14. verb Just making up examples, but if a pair is constantly together, they may lay 10-15 eggs a day.
15. verb The hill lay covered with snow.
16. adj. A lay opinion as to the cause of the disease.
17. adj. The lay ministry.
18. adj. As religious people, clergy and lay leaders, we are mandated by faith to stand for justice in our common civic life.
19. adj. A dog jumped onto the chair and lay motionless for five minutes.
20. adj. A cat jumped onto the chair and lay motionless.
21. adj. You're pretty good with the lay of the land.
22. adj. She really is a good lay.
23. adj. It surprised me that platypus lay eggs.
24. adj. I'll try to get a lay of the land before I start contributing.
25. adj. To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the country-side, which bore so clearly the mark of the waning year.
26. adj. As when a snake, that through the winter's cold / lay swoln and hidden in the ground from sight, / gorged with rank herbs, forth issues to the light, / and sleek with shining youth and newly drest, / wreathing its slippery volumes, towers upright / and, glorying, to the sunbeam rears its breast, / and darts a three-forked tongue, and points a flaming crest.
27. adj. Flies lay eggs.
28. adj. So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp.
29. adj. Yanni shut the door and went lay on his bed.
30. adj. Everywhere lay bottles, seed husks, and other litter.
31. noun Alice! a childish story take, / And with a gentle hand / Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined / In Memory's mystic band, / Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowers / Pluck'd in a far-off land.
32. noun Lay low.
33. noun Lay on my cold lips the tender ghost Of the dear kiss that used to warm them most.
34. noun And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake.
35. noun But to address the substance of this Big Lie is to risk falling into its logic.
36. noun Everything they claim is a lie, and this above all.
37. noun It was Joseph Goebbels who said that if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it.
38. noun You must not tell a lie.
39. noun It's evident that you told a lie.
40. noun Above all, don't tell a lie.
41. noun Lie down and rest for a while.
42. noun Lie down and make yourself comfortable.
43. noun It is wrong to tell a lie.
44. noun To tell a lie is wrong.
45. noun Please forgive me for telling a lie.
Sentence  
verb
Lay the books on the table.
Lay the patient carefully onto the bed.
This hen doesn't lay.
Lay a fire.
Lay the foundation for a new health care plan.
Lay a responsibility on someone.
According to former Indian army general A S Kalkat, the difficulty for Kumaratunga's government lay in the fact that the LTTE had become a de jure power in the north and east of the island and was running every aspect of civil administration in the areas within its control.
We used to go out and lay in the pasture on a blanket and watch for the space shuttle.
And then another call with all folks or a meeting at the jobsite to lay out the plan.
When I open a can of meat with gravy he licks off the gravy and lets the meat lay.
The two lay their eggs inside the cave you made for them.
Lay some knowledge on them dude.
She is crate trained, potty trained, and can sit, lay down, stay, come, fetch, and will even stay in a down position while I throw a treat across the floor or even right next to her paw, and she wont get it until I give her the command.
Just making up examples, but if a pair is constantly together, they may lay 10-15 eggs a day.
The hill lay covered with snow.
adj.
A lay opinion as to the cause of the disease.
The lay ministry.
As religious people, clergy and lay leaders, we are mandated by faith to stand for justice in our common civic life.
A dog jumped onto the chair and lay motionless for five minutes.
A cat jumped onto the chair and lay motionless.
You're pretty good with the lay of the land.
She really is a good lay.
It surprised me that platypus lay eggs.
I'll try to get a lay of the land before I start contributing.
To his eyes all seemed beautiful, but to me a tinge of melancholy lay upon the country-side, which bore so clearly the mark of the waning year.
As when a snake, that through the winter's cold / lay swoln and hidden in the ground from sight, / gorged with rank herbs, forth issues to the light, / and sleek with shining youth and newly drest, / wreathing its slippery volumes, towers upright / and, glorying, to the sunbeam rears its breast, / and darts a three-forked tongue, and points a flaming crest.
Flies lay eggs.
So it came to pass in the evening, that quails coming up, covered the camp: and in the morning a dew lay round about the camp.
Yanni shut the door and went lay on his bed.
Everywhere lay bottles, seed husks, and other litter.
noun
Alice! a childish story take, / And with a gentle hand / Lay it where Childhood's dreams are twined / In Memory's mystic band, / Like pilgrim's wither'd wreath of flowers / Pluck'd in a far-off land.
Lay low.
Lay on my cold lips the tender ghost Of the dear kiss that used to warm them most.
And he said to him: Lay not thy hand upon the boy, neither do thou any thing to him: now I know that thou fearest God, and hast not spared thy only begotten son for my sake.
But to address the substance of this Big Lie is to risk falling into its logic.
Everything they claim is a lie, and this above all.
It was Joseph Goebbels who said that if you repeat a lie often enough, people will believe it.
You must not tell a lie.
It's evident that you told a lie.
Above all, don't tell a lie.
Lie down and rest for a while.
Lie down and make yourself comfortable.
It is wrong to tell a lie.
To tell a lie is wrong.
Please forgive me for telling a lie.
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