Lay meaning

a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

a narrative poem of popular origin

put into a certain place or abstract location

“Put your things here”

“Set the tray down”

put in a horizontal position

“lay the books on the table”

“lay the patient carefully onto the bed”

prepare or position for action or operation

“lay a fire”

“lay the foundation for a new health care plan”

lay eggs

“This hen doesn't lay”

impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

“lay a responsibility on someone”

characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

“set his collar in laic rather than clerical position”

“the lay ministry”

not of or from a profession

“a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease”