lay

lay

englanti

  1. maallikko-

Esimerkkejä lay sanan käytöstä:

The book was well received by experts and the 'lay' public alike.

: Kirja otettiin hyvin vastaan sekä asiantuntija- että maallikkopiireissä.

Synonyymisanakirja

lay

  1. profaani, maallinen, maallikko-, sekulaarinen, laulu, lauluosuus, kappale, balladi, kutea, laskea mätimunia, munia.

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Liittyvät sanat: layout.

Käännökset

englanti

laatia, asettaa

munia

maallikko-

laulu puhekieltä To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.

to lay a book on the table;   to lay a body in the grave

A shower of rain lays the dust.

Bible, (w) vi. 17
A stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den.
1735, author unknown, The New-England Primer, as reported by Fred R. Shapiro in The Yale Book of Quotations (2006), Yale University Press, pages 549–550:
Now I lay me down to sleep, / I pray the Lord my Soul to keep. / If I should die before I ’wake, / I pray the Lord my Soul to take.
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(RQ:Chrsty Atbgrfy)
An indulgent playmate, Grannie would lay aside the long scratchy-looking letter she was writing (heavily crossed ‘to save notepaper’) and enter into the delightful pastime of ‘a chicken from Mr Whiteley's’.

A corresponding intransitive version of this word is lieEtymology_1 lie.

puhekieltä To cause to subside or abate.
1590, (w), (w), II.viii:
The cloudes, as things affrayd, before him flye; / But all so soone as his outrageous powre / Is layd, they fiercely then begin to shoure (..)
1662, (w), Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two World Systems'', Dialogue 2:
But how upon the winds being laid, doth the ship cease to move?
puhekieltä To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
2006, (w), North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 48:
Even when I lay a long plan, it is never in the expectation that I will live to see it fulfilled.
puhekieltä To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

lay brick;  lay flooring

puhekieltä To produce and deposit an egg.
puhekieltä To bet (that something is or is not the case).

Ill lay that he doesn't turn up on Monday.''

puhekieltä To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
(w) (1564-1616)
I dare lay mine honour / He will remain so.
puhekieltä To have sex with.
1944, (w), The Lady in the Lake, Penguin 2011, p. 11:
‘It's because he's a no-good son of a bitch who thinks it is smart to lay his friends' wives and brag about it.’
puhekieltä To take a position; to come or go.

to lay forward;  to lay aloft

puhekieltä To state; to allege.

to lay the venue

(rfquotek)

puhekieltä To point; to aim.

to lay a gun

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

to lay a cable or rope

puhekieltä To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
puhekieltä To place (new type) properly in the cases.
To apply; to put.
Bible, (w) xxxi. 19
She layeth her hands to the spindle.
To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).

to lay a tax on land

Bible, (w) liii. 6
The Lord hath laid on him the iniquity of us all.
To impute; to charge; to allege.
Bible, (w) xxiv. 12
God layeth not folly to them.
Lay the fault on us.
To present or offer.

to lay an indictment in a particular county;   to lay a scheme before one

Arrangement or relationship; layout.

the lay of the land

A share of the profits in a business.
1851, w:Herman Melville|Herman Melville, w:Moby Dick|Moby Dick, s:Moby-Dick/Chapter 16|chapter 16
I was already aware that in the whaling business they paid no wages; but all hands, including the captain, received certain shares of the profits called lays, and that these lays were proportioned to the degree of importance pertaining to the respective duties of the ship’s company.
The direction a rope is twisted.

Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.

puhekieltä A casual sexual partner.
1996, JoAnn Ross, Southern Comforts, MIRA (1996), ISBN 9780778315254, http://books.google.com/books?id=YcHp02_Ou00C&pg=PA166 page 166:
Over the years she'd tried to tell himself that his uptown girl was just another lay.
2000, R. J. Kaiser, Fruitcake, MIRA (2000), ISBN 1551666251, http://books.google.com/books?id=X-Ds57eXf_4C&q=%22his+favorite+lay%22 page 288:
To find a place like that and be discreet about it, Jones figured he needed help, so he went to see his favorite lay, Juan Carillo's woman, Carmen.
2011, Kelly Meding, Trance, Pocket Books (2011), ISBN 9781451620924, http://books.google.com/books?id=eIIuwj2mbH8C&pg=PA205&dq=%22just+another+lay%22 pages 205-206:
“Because I don't want William to be just another lay. I did the slut thing, T, and it got me into a lot of trouble years ago. (�)

What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?

puhekieltä An act of sexual intercourse.
1993, David Halberstam, The Fifties, Open Road Integrated Media (2012), ISBN 9781453286074, http://books.google.com/books?id=Of2GI6Qgjc0C&pg=PT26 unnumbered page:
Listening to this dismissal of his work, Tennessee Williams thought to himself of Wilder, “This character has never had a good lay.”
2009, Fern Michaels, The Scoop, Kensington Books (2009), ISBN 9780758227188, http://books.google.com/books?id=vk40d79EZGAC&pg=PA213 pages 212-213:
(�) She didn't become this germ freak until Thomas died. I wonder if she just needs a good lay, you know, an all-nighter?" Toots said thoughtfully.
2011, Pamela Yaye, Promises We Make, Kimani Press (2011), ISBN 9780373861996, http://books.google.com/books?id=KmyBuTwTWCIC&pg=PT50&dq=%22is+a+good+lay%22 unnumbered page:
“What she needs is a good lay. If she had someone to rock her world on a regular basis, she wouldn't be such a raging bit—”
puhekieltä A plan; a scheme.
(qualifier) the laying of eggs.

The hens are off the lay at present.

A lake.
Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
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Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.

They seemed more lay than clerical.

a lay preacher; a lay brother

puhekieltä Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
(en-simple past of) when pertaining to position.

The baby lay in its crib and slept silently.

puhekieltä To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
1969 July, Bob Dylan, “Lay Lady Lay”, Nashville Skyline, Columbia:
Lay, lady, lay. / Lay across my big brass bed.
a. 1970, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters / Where the ragged people go
1974, John Denver, “Annie’s Song”, Back Home Again, RCA:
Let me lay down beside you. / Let me always be with you.
A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
1742, w:Edward Young|Edward Young, w:Night-Thoughts The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality, s:The Complaint: or Night-Thoughts on Life, Death & Immortality/Night I|Night I
I strive, with wakeful melody, to cheer
The sullen gloom, sweet Philomel! like thee,
And call the stars to listen: every star
Is deaf to mine, enamour’d of thy lay.
1805 The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Sir Walter Scott.
puhekieltä A meadow; a lea.
puhekieltä A law.
Spenser
many goodly lays
puhekieltä An obligation; a vow.
Holland
They bound themselves by a sacred lay and oath.
puhekieltä To don or put on (tefilla tefillin (gloss)).
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