The wick lay almost flat in a perilously small amount of wax.Amazingly, she slipped into a gap between the tracks and lay flat as the Intercity 125 rumbled over her.Spread the sail and lay it flat as possible with the underside uppermost.She spread out her towel and lay flat, adjusting her sunglasses against the glare above.There was more scrub there, but not enough for anyone to hide, unless they lay flat.Melanie was waiting by the Transit holding two sleeping-bags, the sort that you can unzip and lay flat.Maude took a scat at the end of the table and laid her hands flat on the dark mahogany.It was as if a fall lay within her that she wasn't able to make.→ lay about somebody → lay something ↔ aside → lay something ↔ down → lay something ↔ in → lay into somebody/something → lay off → lay something on → lay somebody/something ↔ out → lay over → lay up → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus lay The past tense of lie is laid: She laid the baby in its cot.Someone lies somewhere: She was lying on her back.Lay is also the past tense of lie: I lay on the bed.You lay someone somewhere: Lay him down gently.✗Don’t say: She lies a lace cloth over the table. You lay something somewhere: She lays a lace cloth over the table.18 → lay somebody/something on the line 19 → lay something at the door of somebody/something 20 → lay somebody low 21 → lay somebody to rest 22 → lay the ghost (of something) → lay your hands on something, → lay the blame on somebody/something 2, → put/lay your cards on the table GRAMMAR: Comparison lay lay money (that) I’d lay money that he will go on to play for England. 7 → lay emphasis/stress on something 8 → lay a hand/finger on somebody 9 → lay something bare/open 10 → lay somebody/something open to something 11 → lay waste something 12 → lay plans/a trap etc 13 → lay claim to (doing) something 14 → lay siege to somebody/something 15 → get laid 16 lie spoken to be in a position in which you are flat – some people consider this use to be incorrect SYN lie 17 risk money especially British English RISK to risk an amount of money on the result of a race, sports game etc SYN bet lay something on something She laid £50 on the favourite, Golden Boy. 5 → lay the foundations/groundwork/base 6 give information formal ACCUSE to make a statement, give information etc in an official or public way SYN put Several proposals have been laid before the committee. As she spoke, she was laying him a place at the table. 4 table British English DF to put the cloth, plates, knives, forks etc on a table, ready for a meal SYN set John was laying the table. A cuckoo is able to lay in a range of different nests. ► see thesaurus at put 2 → lay bricks/carpet/concrete/cables etc 3 bird/insect etc HBB if a bird, insect etc lays eggs, it produces them from its body The flies lay their eggs on decaying meat. They laid a wreath at the place where so many people died. S1 W2 verb ( past tense and past participle laid / leɪd / ) 1 put somebody/something down PUT to put someone or something down carefully into a flat position SYN place He laid his hand on my shoulder.Turtles lay their eggs on the beach at night.He laid the money on the table as they walked out to the stoop.
It does little more than lay a foundation of principles.She laid $10 on the favorite, Golden Boy.From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English lay lay 1 / leɪ / verb the past tense of lie 1 → See Verb table Examples from the Corpus lay
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