Lay vs. Lie

Layverb

(transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.

Layverb

To cause to subside or abate.

Layverb

(transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).

Layverb

(transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

Layverb

(transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.

Layverb

(transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).

Layverb

(transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.

Layverb

To have sex with.

Layverb

(nautical) To take a position; to come or go.

Layverb

(legal) To state; to allege.

Layverb

(military) To point; to aim.

Layverb

(ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.

Layverb

(printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

Layverb

(printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.

Layverb

To apply; to put.

Layverb

To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).

Layverb

To impute; to charge; to allege.

Layverb

To present or offer.

Layverb

when pertaining to position.

Layverb

(proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).

Layverb

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

Laynoun

Arrangement or relationship; layout.

Laynoun

A share of the profits in a business.

Laynoun

A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.

Laynoun

The direction a rope is twisted.

Laynoun

(colloquial) A casual sexual partner.

Laynoun

(colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.

Laynoun

A plan; a scheme.

Laynoun

the laying of eggs.

Laynoun

(obsolete) A layer.

Laynoun

A lake.

Laynoun

A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.

Laynoun

(obsolete) A meadow; a lea.

Layadjective

Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.

Layadjective

Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.

Layadjective

(obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

Lay

of Lie, to recline.

Layadjective

Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.

Layadjective

Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

Layadjective

Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.

Layadjective

A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.

Layadjective

A melody; any musical utterance.

Laynoun

The laity; the common people.

Laynoun

A meadow. See Lea.

Laynoun

Faith; creed; religious profession.

Laynoun

A law.

Laynoun

An obligation; a vow.

Laynoun

That which lies or is laid or is conceived of as having been laid or placed in its position; a row; a stratum; a layer; as, a lay of stone or wood.

Laynoun

A wager.

Laynoun

A job, price, or profit.

Laynoun

A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).

Laynoun

A plan; a scheme.

Layverb

To cause to lie down, to be prostrate, or to lie against something; to put or set down; to deposit; as, to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave; a shower lays the dust.

Layverb

To place in position; to establish firmly; to arrange with regularity; to dispose in ranks or tiers; as, to lay a corner stone; to lay bricks in a wall; to lay the covers on a table.

Layverb

To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.

Layverb

To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.

Layverb

To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.

Layverb

To cause to lie dead or dying.

Layverb

To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.

Layverb

To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.

Layverb

To apply; to put.

Layverb

To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.

Layverb

To impute; to charge; to allege.

Layverb

To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.

Layverb

To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.

Layverb

To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.

Layverb

To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.

Layverb

To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them; as, to lay a cable or rope.

Layverb

To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

Layverb

To produce and deposit eggs.

Layverb

To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.

Layverb

To lay a wager; to bet.

Laynoun

a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

Laynoun

a narrative poem of popular origin

Layverb

put into a certain place or abstract location;

Layverb

put in a horizontal position;

Layverb

prepare or position for action or operation;

Layverb

lay eggs;

Layverb

impose as a duty, burden, or punishment;

Layadjective

concerning those not members of the clergy;

Layadjective

not of or from a profession;

Layverb

put (something) down gently or carefully

Layverb

prevent (something) from rising off the ground

Layverb

put down and set in position for use

Layverb

set cutlery, crockery, etc. on (a table) in preparation for a meal

Layverb

cover (a surface) with objects or a substance

Layverb

put the material for (a fire) in place and arrange it

Layverb

prepare (a trap) for someone

Layverb

work out (an idea or suggestion) in detail ready for use or presentation

Layverb

present information or suggestions to be considered and acted upon by (someone)

Layverb

locate (an episode in a play, novel, etc.) in a particular place

Layverb

stake (an amount of money) in a bet

Layverb

used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g. ‘lay the blame on’ means ‘to blame’

Layverb

(of a female bird, insect, reptile, or amphibian) produce (an egg) from inside the body

Layverb

have sex with.

Layverb

follow (a specified course)

Layverb

trim (a hedge) back, cutting the branches half through, bending them down, and interweaving them

Laynoun

the general appearance of an area of land

Laynoun

the position or direction in which something lies

Laynoun

the direction or amount of twist in rope strands.

Laynoun

an act of sexual intercourse.

Laynoun

a person with a particular ability or availability as a sexual partner.

Laynoun

the laying of eggs or the period during which they are laid

Laynoun

a short lyric or narrative poem meant to be sung

Laynoun

a song

Layadjective

not ordained into or belonging to the clergy

Layadjective

not having professional qualifications or expert knowledge, especially in law or medicine

Lieverb

(intransitive) To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.

Lieverb

(intransitive) To be placed or situated.

Lieverb

To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.

Lieverb

Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.

Lieverb

Used with with: to have sexual relations with.

Lieverb

(archaic) To lodge; to sleep.

Lieverb

To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

Lieverb

(legal) To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Lieverb

(intransitive) To give false information intentionally with intent to deceive.

Lieverb

(intransitive) To convey a false image or impression.

Lieverb

(intransitive) To succeed or excel at lying; lie successfully; show one's expertise or mastery in the art of lying.

Lieverb

To be mistaken or unintentionally spread false information.

Lienoun

(golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the ball before it is struck.

Lienoun

(disc golf) The terrain and conditions surrounding the disc before it is thrown.

Lienoun

(medicine) The position of a fetus in the womb.

Lienoun

An intentionally false statement; an intentional falsehood.

Lienoun

A statement intended to deceive, even if literally true; a half-truth

Lienoun

Anything that misleads or disappoints.

Lienoun

See Lye.

Lienoun

A falsehood uttered or acted for the purpose of deception; an intentional violation of truth; an untruth spoken with the intention to deceive.

Lienoun

A fiction; a fable; an untruth.

Lienoun

Anything which misleads or disappoints.

Lienoun

The position or way in which anything lies; the lay, as of land or country.

Lieverb

To utter falsehood with an intention to deceive; to say or do that which is intended to deceive another, when he a right to know the truth, or when morality requires a just representation.

Lieverb

To rest extended on the ground, a bed, or any support; to be, or to put one's self, in an horizontal position, or nearly so; to be prostate; to be stretched out; - often with down, when predicated of living creatures; as, the book lies on the table; the snow lies on the roof; he lies in his coffin.

Lieverb

To be situated; to occupy a certain place; as, Ireland lies west of England; the meadows lie along the river; the ship lay in port.

Lieverb

To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition; as, to lie waste; to lie fallow; to lie open; to lie hid; to lie grieving; to lie under one's displeasure; to lie at the mercy of the waves; the paper does not lie smooth on the wall.

Lieverb

To be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist; - with in.

Lieverb

To lodge; to sleep.

Lieverb

To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.

Lieverb

To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

Lienoun

a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

Lienoun

Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

Lienoun

position or manner in which something is situated

Lieverb

be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

Lieverb

be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position;

Lieverb

originate (in);

Lieverb

be and remain in a particular state or condition;

Lieverb

tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive;

Lieverb

have a place in relation to something else;

Lieverb

assume a reclining position;

Lieverb

(of a person or animal) be in or assume a horizontal or resting position on a supporting surface

Lieverb

(of a thing) rest flat on a surface

Lieverb

(of a dead person) be buried in a particular place

Lieverb

be, remain, or be kept in a specified state

Lieverb

(of something abstract) reside or be found

Lieverb

(of a place) be situated in a specified position or direction

Lieverb

(of a scene) extend from the observer's viewpoint in a specified direction

Lieverb

(of a competitor or team) be in a specified position during a competition or within a group

Lieverb

(of an action, charge, or claim) be admissible or sustainable

Lieverb

tell a lie or lies

Lieverb

get oneself into or out of a situation by lying

Lieverb

(of a thing) present a false impression

Lienoun

the way, direction, or position in which something lies

Lienoun

the position in which a golf ball comes to rest, especially as regards the ease of the next shot

Lienoun

the lair or place of cover of an animal.

Lienoun

an intentionally false statement

Lienoun

used with reference to a situation involving deception or founded on a mistaken impression

Lie

A lie is an assertion that is believed to be false, typically used with the purpose of deceiving someone. The practice of communicating lies is called lying.