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Lay Pronunciation

Pronounce Lay as L AH Y.

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    Lay phonetic transcription:

    When you start learning English, it's important to become familiar with the typical sounds of the language. The best way to do this is by studying phonetics. Below is the UK transcription for the word 'lay'. Get the right phonetic representation for any word using our free Phonetic Transcription Tool.

    • Traditional IPA representation of lay: /læj/
    • Modern IPA representation of lay: /læʌ/

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    List of meaning for lay

    ballad, lay(noun)

    a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

    ballad, lay(adj)

    a narrative poem of popular origin

    laic, lay, secular(adj)

    characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

    "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"

    lay(verb)

    not of or from a profession

    "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"

    put, set, place, pose, position, lay(verb)

    put into a certain place or abstract location

    "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children"; "Place emphasis on a certain point"

    lay, put down, repose(verb)

    put in a horizontal position

    "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

    lay(verb)

    prepare or position for action or operation

    "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

    lay(verb)

    lay eggs

    "This hen doesn't lay"

    lay(verb)

    impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

    "lay a responsibility on someone"

    a rhythmic series of musical tones arranged to give a pleasing effect

    the minstrel strummed a cheerful lay on his lute

    a short musical composition for the human voice often with instrumental accompaniment

    she sang a short lay in dedication to her husband

    the activity by which one regularly makes a living

    my main lay is as a general contractor, but I do side work as a carpenter

    to arrange something in a certain spot or position

    just lay the book over there on the table for now

    to cause to come to rest at the bottom (as of a liquid)

    the rain was just hard enough to lay the dust in the air

    to establish or apply as a charge or penalty

    state officials tried to lay a tax on merchandise sold over the Internet

    to make ready in advance

    she's laying plans for the charity auction months ahead of time

    to put a layer of on a surface

    the mason laid mortar over the first row of bricks before starting the second

    to risk (something) on the outcome of an uncertain event

    I'll lay five dollars that you can't do it

    to explain (something) as being the result of something else

    an electrical fire that was laid to faulty wiring

    to place (a dead body) in the earth, a tomb, or the sea

    lay the corpse to rest

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    lay in sentence

    1. The lush tropical landscape of Hawaii makes it the perfect place to lay under a palm tree with a steamy romance novel and soak up the sun.

    2. Once infected, the herpes virus can lay in wait for long periods of time before reactivating and making the person sick again.

    3. As my husband and I lay supine on the hill, we realized we were in the perfect place to see the holiday fireworks.

    4. The life-long smoker decided to lay down the cigarettes and gave them up once and for all.

    5. Decisions to lay off the entry level workers angered many employees since every high-paying executive got to keep his job.

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    Quotes and sayings containing the term lay

    And because she didn't pause, my family, we've had a pause, we've had to stop. We've had to lay down every single night with tears in our eyes.

    – Police Officer Betty Shelby

    If you were born lucky, even your rooster will lay eggs.

    – Assyrian Proverb

    If a man remembers what is right at the sign of profit, is ready to lay down his life in the face of danger, and does not forget sentiments he has repeated all his life when he has been in straitened circumstances for a long time, he may be said to be a complete man.

    – Confucius, Analects, XIV.12

    Thank God men cannot as yet fly and lay waste the sky as well as the earth

    – Henry David Thoreau

    What (Trump) says goes short of being defined as hate, but in the hearts and minds of the lay person is translated as hate, they've targeted their hate toward anyone who looks Middle Eastern.

    – Mejindarpal Kaur

    She used to drag her mattress besider her low window and lie awake for a long while, vibrating with excitement, as a machine vibrates from speed. Life rushed in upon her through that window - or so it seemed. In reality, of course, life rushes from within, not from without. There is no work of art so big or so beautiful that is was not once all contained in some youthful body, like this one which lay on the floor in the moonlight, pulsing with ardor and anticipation.

    – Willa Cather

    I've taken a stand in the past, I'll take a stand in the future and I'll quit standing when they lay me in that box and put me in the ground.

    – Alabama Senate

    I now propose that we lay regulations for standardised packaging in this parliament to allow for them to come into force at the same time as the European Tobacco Products Directive in May 2016, in doing so we would be bringing the prospect of our first smoke-free generation one step closer.

    – Jane Ellison

    Throughout his presidency, my grandfather made it clear that he alone could fix nothing; that he alone had no answers, he had the courage to plainly admit America’s shortcomings, to then lay out bold plans to address those problems and to ask his fellow Americans for help in solving them … he inspired a generation to enter public service and to ask what they could do for their country.

    – Jack Schlossberg

    In 50 years of the United Methodist Church, I am not aware of any complaint against a lay person moving beyond that stage.

    – William Lawrence

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