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- (noun): Arrangement or relationship; layout.
- (noun): A share of the profits in a business.
- (noun): A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
- (noun): The direction a rope is twisted.
- (noun): A casual sexual partner.
- (noun): An act of sexual intercourse.
- (noun): A plan; a scheme.
- (noun): (uncountable) the laying of eggs.
- (noun): A layer.
- (verb): To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
- (verb): To cause to subside or abate.
- (verb): To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
- (verb): To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
- (verb): To produce and deposit an egg.
- (verb): To bet (that something is or is not the case).
- (verb): To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
- (verb): To have sex with.
- (verb): To take a position; to come or go.
- (verb): To state; to allege.
- (verb): To point; to aim.
- (verb): (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
- (verb): To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
- (verb): To place (new type) properly in the cases.
- (verb): To apply; to put.
- (verb): To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
- (verb): To impute; to charge; to allege.
- (verb): To present or offer.
- the lay of the land
- Worm and parcel with the lay; turn and serve the other way.
- What was I, just another lay you can toss aside as you go on to your next conquest?
- The hens are off the lay at present.
- A shower of rain lays the dust.