lay
1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
• Syn:
ballad
• Derivationally related forms:
balladeer (for: ballad)
• Hypernyms:
song, vocal
• Hyponyms:
minstrelsy
2. a narrative poem of popular origin
• Syn:
ballad
• Derivationally related forms:
balladeer (for: ballad)
• Hypernyms:
poem, verse form
• Hyponyms:
Edda
1. put into a certain place or abstract location (Freq. 24)
- Put your things here
- Set the tray down
- Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
- Place emphasis on a certain point
• Syn:
put, set, place, pose, position
• See Also:
lay out, set down (for: set), set back (for: set), set up (for: set), set out (for: set), put over (for: put), put back (for: put), put off (for: put), put down (for: put), put away (for: put), put together (for: put), put on (for: put), put up (for: put), put across (for: put)
• Derivationally related forms:
position (for: position), positioner (for: position), place (for: place), placement (for: place), set (for: set), setting (for: set)
• Hypernyms:
move, displace
• Hyponyms:
insert, enclose, inclose, stick in, put in,
introduce, docket, cock, postpose, prepose, step,
replace, put back, stratify, plant, intersperse, nestle,
snuggle, pile, arrange, set up, superimpose, superpose,
lay over, park, ensconce, settle, dispose, emplace,
ship, underlay, trench, pigeonhole, shelve, jar,
repose, sign, middle, parallelize, butt, recess,
reposition, throw, thrust, tee, tee up, rack up,
coffin, bed, appose, set down, put down, place down,
sow, seed, misplace, juxtapose, bottle, bucket,
barrel, ground, pillow, rest, mislay, lose,
upend, seat, sit, sit down, stand, stand up,
place upright, recline, set, install, instal, situate,
fix, posit, deposit, ladle, poise, lean,
clap, perch, load, cram, siphon, position,
glycerolize, glycerolise, space, marshal, settle down, imbricate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They lay the bags on the table
2. put in a horizontal position (Freq. 11)
- lay the books on the table
- lay the patient carefully onto the bed
• Syn:
put down, repose
• See Also:
repose on (for: repose), put (for: put down), lay over, lay away, lay aside
• Hypernyms:
put, set, place, pose, position
• Hyponyms:
rail, blow, bury, entomb, inhume,
inter, lay to rest, rebury
• Cause:
lie
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
3. prepare or position for action or operation (Freq. 5)
- lay a fire
- lay the foundation for a new health care plan
• Hypernyms:
organize, organise, prepare, devise, get up, machinate
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
4. lay eggs (Freq. 4)
- This hen doesn't lay
• Derivationally related forms:
layer
• Hypernyms:
put down, repose
• Hyponyms:
spawn
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment (Freq. 1)
- lay a responsibility on someone
• Hypernyms:
levy, impose
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
1. characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy (Freq. 1)
- set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
- the lay ministry
• Syn:
laic, secular
• Similar to:
profane, secular
• Derivationally related forms:
laity
2. not of or from a profession
- a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease
• Similar to:
nonprofessional
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