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Lay

/leɪ/
To put something down gently in a flat position

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Examples:

He showed us into a long dining-room where breakfast was laid.The studio is hysterical about the picture laying an egg.He lays for a stranger, and he fetches that stranger.

Etymology:

etymology
From Old English lecgan, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch leggen and German legen.

Usage Statistics:

107 mentions per 1 million words Frequency
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