lay
lay
englantimaallikko-
Esimerkkejä:
The book was well received by experts and the 'lay' public alike.
: Kirja otettiin hyvin vastaan sekä asiantuntija- että maallikkopiireissä.
Synonyymisanakirja
lay
profaani, maallinen, maallikko-, sekulaarinen, laulu, lauluosuus, kappale, balladi, kutea, laskea mätimunia, munia.
Liittyvät sanat: layout.
Rimmaavat sanat
lay rimmaa näiden kanssa:
gay, gray, spray, jalkaspray, speedway...
Englannin sanakirja
lay (englanti > suomi)
lay englanniksi
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
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:
(quote-book)
(RQ:Chrsty Atbgrfy)
A corresponding intransitive version of this word is lieEtymology_1 lie.
1590, (w), (w), II.viii:
1662, (w), Galileos Dialogue Concerning the Two World Systems'', Dialogue 2:
puhekieltä To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
2006, (w), North Face of Soho, Picador 2007, p. 48:
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)
puhekieltä To have sex with.
1944, (w), The Lady in the Lake, Penguin 2011, p. 11:
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.
To apply; to put.
Bible, (w) xxxi. 19
To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
to lay a tax on land
Bible, (w) liii. 6
Bible, (w) xxiv. 12
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
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:
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:
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:
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:
2009, Fern Michaels, The Scoop, Kensington Books (2009), ISBN 9780758227188, http://books.google.com/books?id=vk40d79EZGAC&pg=PA213 pages 212-213:
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:
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:
a. 1970, Paul Simon, Simon & Garfunkel, “The Boxer”, Bridge over Troubled Water, Columbia Records:
1974, John Denver, “Annie’s Song”, Back Home Again, RCA:
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
1805 The Lay of the Last Minstrel, Sir Walter Scott.
puhekieltä A law.
Spenser
puhekieltä An obligation; a vow.
Holland
puhekieltä To don or put on (tefilla tefillin (gloss)).