LekhoriLekhoriTo place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave
simple past of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”
The baby lay in its crib and slept silently.
To don or put on.
Arrangement or relationship; layout.
He spoke of a flower or tree in each of the fifteen poems. A simple shape, a color, the design of a hedge, the lay of a limb inspired him in these songs to and about his loves.
Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
They seemed more lay than clerical.
A river in western France.
A surname.
Inherited from Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old English leċġan (“to lay”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (...
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A share of the profits in a business.
While the Pequod lay at Nantucket, Peleg put Ishmael down for the three hundredth lay.
A lake.
A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
I strive, with wakeful melody, to cheer The sullen gloom, sweet Philomel! like thee, And call the stars to listen: every star Is deaf to mine, enamour'd of thy lay.
A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
1945: "The Lay of Aotrou and Itroun" by JRR Tolkien Sad is the note and sad the lay, but mirth we meet not every day.
A meadow; a lea.
Having destroyed all old lays, I have no other hay than clover.
A law.
A woman worthy of immortall prayse, / Which for this Realme found many goodly layes
Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
It is true that in adopting the short view many of the younger economists have not merely taken over the lay notions bodily.
Not trumps.
a lay suit