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Meaning of LAY in Tamil

லே

Use in sentences of லே

    Meaning of LAY in English

    • of Lie, to recline.
    • Of or pertaining to the laity, as distinct from the clergy; as, a lay person; a lay preacher; a lay brother.
    • Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
    • Not belonging to, or emanating from, a particular profession; unprofessional; as, a lay opinion regarding the nature of a disease.
    • The laity; the common people.
    • A meadow. See Lea.
    • Faith; creed; religious profession.
    • A law.
    • An obligation; a vow.
    • A song; a simple lyrical poem; a ballad.
    • A melody; any musical utterance.
    • 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.
    • 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.
    • To prepare; to make ready; to contrive; to provide; as, to lay a snare, an ambush, or a plan.
    • To spread on a surface; as, to lay plaster or paint.
    • To cause to be still; to calm; to allay; to suppress; to exorcise, as an evil spirit.
    • To cause to lie dead or dying.
    • To deposit, as a wager; to stake; to risk.
    • To bring forth and deposit; as, to lay eggs.
    • To apply; to put.
    • To impose, as a burden, suffering, or punishment; to assess, as a tax; as, to lay a tax on land.
    • To impute; to charge; to allege.
    • To impose, as a command or a duty; as, to lay commands on one.
    • To present or offer; as, to lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one.
    • To state; to allege; as, to lay the venue.
    • To point; to aim; as, to lay a gun.
    • 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.
    • To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
    • To place (new type) properly in the cases.
    • To produce and deposit eggs.
    • To take a position; to come or go; as, to lay forward; to lay aloft.
    • To lay a wager; to bet.
    • 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.
    • A wager.
    • A job, price, or profit.
    • A share of the proceeds or profits of an enterprise; as, when a man ships for a whaling voyage, he agrees for a certain lay.
    • A measure of yarn; a lea. See 1st Lea (a).
    • The lathe of a loom. See Lathe, 3.
    • A plan; a scheme.
    • of Lie

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