lays

Meaning of lays

noun
  1. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
    the lay of the land
  2. A share of the profits in a business.
  3. A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
  4. The direction a rope is twisted.
    Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
  5. A casual sexual partner.
    What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?
  6. An act of sexual intercourse.
  7. A plan; a scheme.
  8. (uncountable) the laying of eggs.
    The hens are off the lay at present.
  9. A layer.
verb
  1. To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
    A shower of rain lays the dust.
  2. To cause to subside or abate.
  3. To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
  4. To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
    lay brick;  lay flooring
  5. To produce and deposit an egg.
    Did dinosaurs lay their eggs in a nest?
  6. To bet (that something is or is not the case).
    I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday.
  7. To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
  8. To have sex with.
  9. To take a position; to come or go.
    to lay forward;  to lay aloft
  10. To state; to allege.
    to lay the venue
  11. To point; to aim.
    to lay a gun
  12. (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. To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
  14. To place (new type) properly in the cases.
  15. To apply; to put.
  16. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
    to lay a tax on land
  17. To impute; to charge; to allege.
  18. To present or offer.
    to lay an indictment in a particular county;   to lay a scheme before one

noun

A lake.

noun
  1. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
    1805 The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Sir Walter Scott.

noun

A meadow; a lea.

noun
  1. A law.
  2. An obligation; a vow.

verb

To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

Information about lays

  • The singular form of lays is: lay.
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Hyphenation of lays

lays

  • It consists of 1 syllables and 4 chars.
  • lays is a word monosyllabic because it has one syllable

lays synonyms

Meaning :

becalm, ascribe, attribute

Anagrams of lays

Alys, Lyas, slay

Words that rhyme with lays

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