Lay Verb 1 2 3, Past and Past Participle Form Tense of Lay V1 V2 V3
lay
Meanings;
- Put down, especially gently or carefully.(verb)
- Put down and set in position for use.(verb)
- Used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g., “lay the blame on” means ‘to blame’(verb)
Verb(V1) | Past Tense(V2) | Past Participle(V3) |
lay | laid | laid |
Verb – es(Ves) | Verb – ing(Ving) |
lays | laying |
Synonyms
put, place, set, put down, set down, deposit, rest, situate, sit, settle, stow, balance, station, drop, leave, let fall, throw down, fling down, deploy, locate, position, assign, attribute, ascribe, allocate, allot, impute, attach, impose, fix, produce,
Example Sentences with lay
- The old man lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.
- The boy lay down on the bed and waited for his father to come.
- My father lay down on the bed and tried to relax.
- You guys should lay off on the magic.
- The treasure lay hidden for a long time.
- Do you know why a heart lays claim? Survival. That heart lays its claim to ensure survival of its kind.
- The boy lay down on the bed and closed his eyes.
- Behold the field in which I grow my fucks. Lay thine eyes upon it and see that it is barren.
- My mother lay down on the bed.
- Alex lay awake all night.
- Did you ever lay out plans for stitching babies and stray cats into a Perfect New Human?
- She lay on the bed.
- My brother lay down on the bed and waited for his father to come.
- Steve’s dog lay down.
- Alex lay down on the bed.
- I lay down to rest.
- George lay down on the grass.
- They should lay your cards out on the table.
- Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.
- I’ve apologized, so lay off, OK?
- When the name was in the room, it came to pass that the murderer, abashed, opened up, and there sprang forth, like a Glory, from his pitiable fragments, an altar on which there lay, in the roses, a woman of light and flesh.
- At last she shut the book sharply, lay back, and drew a deep breath, expressive of the wonder which always marks the transition from the imaginary world to the real world.
- A black hen lays a white egg.
- All lay load on the willing horse.
- Small rain lays great dust.
- To lay by for a rainy day.
- Your sister is laying over there.