Synonym: arrange, deposit, place, put, rest, set. Antonym: ecclesiastical. Similar words: play, lay out, allay, clay, delay, lay off, lay up, layer. Meaning: [leɪ] 
n. 1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain 2. a narrative poem of popular origin. v. 1. put into a certain place or abstract location 2. put in a horizontal position 3. prepare or position for action or operation 4. lay eggs 5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment. adj. 1. concerning those not members of the clergy 2. not of or from a profession.
n. 1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain 2. a narrative poem of popular origin. v. 1. put into a certain place or abstract location 2. put in a horizontal position 3. prepare or position for action or operation 4. lay eggs 5. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment. adj. 1. concerning those not members of the clergy 2. not of or from a profession. 
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181. The cup lay in pieces on the floor.
182. I've smoked cigarettes for years, but now I'm going to lay off .
183. The fascination lay in the mystery of what was inside the box.
184. Get the lay of the land before you make any decisions.
185. Under the newspaper, atop a sheet of paper, lay an envelope.
186. Police have decided not to lay charges over allegations of a telephone tapping operation.
187. He lay on his back and looked up at the sky.
188. He lay on his back and gazed at the ceiling.
189. She lay on the bed, her arms and legs splayed out.
190. Mandela helped lay the foundations for a new democratic South Africa.
191. A thick deposit of mud lay on the fields when the flood went down.
192. If you so much as lay a finger on me, I'll call the police!
193. I desperately need to lay my hands on some money by Monday.
194. We lay there: a huddle of bodies, gasping for air.
195. They learnt how to set ambushes and lay mines .
196. During these periods the birds will lie on the cage floor as if trying to lay or hatch eggs.
197. He lay down on the sofa and soon fell asleep.
198. He lay there thinking gloomy thoughts about life and death.
199. She lay in about 3 hours before the birth of the baby.
200. The matter, they decided,(http://sentencedict.com/lay.html) lay outside the commission's terms of reference.
201. I'm pretty indestructible; it takes more than a bout of flu to lay me low.
202. That night I lay flat on my back and stared up at the ceiling.
203. We shall have to dig under the river to lay the sewage pipe.
204. A bra and a pair of briefs lay on the floor.
205. Usually she lay for ages cocooned in her warm bed.
206. He lay on the ground and stared up at the sky.
207. Lay off me will you-it's nothing to do with me.
208. They were prepared to lay down their lives for their country.
209. Schools here put/place/lay great emphasis on written work and grammar.
210. He threw a stone in the pond,and the water riffled for a long while and lay quiet again.