Definitions
put into a certain place or abstract location
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English leyen, leggen, from Old English leċġan (“to lay”), from Proto-West Germanic *laggjan, from Proto-Germanic *lagjaną (“to lay”), causative form of Proto-Germanic *ligjaną (“to lie, recline”), from Proto-Indo-European *legʰ- (“to lie, recline”).
Used in a sentence
“to lay a book on the table; to lay a body in the grave”
“A shower of rain lays the dust.”
“A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Place down gently”3 letters
02“Non-clerical”3 letters
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