(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position. / (transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.

A lake.

(Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position. / (proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).

Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them. / Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution. / (card games) Not trumps. / (obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

(UK) 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.

(transitive) To put (something) aside for future use. / (transitive, art) To add (something) to a painting, especially directly onto the blank canvas in the early stages of the work.

A river in western France. / A surname.

plural of laying

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of lay into