Definitions
1.verbTo place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position."A shower of rain lays the dust."
2.verbTo cause to subside or abate.
3.verbTo prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
4.verbTo install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another."lay brick; lay flooring"
5.verbTo produce and deposit an egg."Did dinosaurs lay their eggs in a nest?"
6.verbTo bet (that something is or is not the case)."I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday."
7.verbTo deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
8.verbTo have sex with.
9.verbTo take a position; to come or go."to lay forward; to lay aloft"
10.verbTo state; to allege."to lay the venue"
11.verbTo point; to aim."to lay a gun"
12.verb(ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them."to lay a cable or rope"
13.verbTo place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
14.verbTo place (new type) properly in the cases.
15.verbTo apply; to put.
16.verbTo impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.)."to lay a tax on land"
17.verbTo impute; to charge; to allege.
18.verbTo present or offer."to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one"
19.verbTo don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).