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Results for: "lay"

Translating from English to Japanese

Translations:

lay — to put down, place
→ 置く (oku)
→ 生む (umu)
lay — to deposit an egg
→ 生む (umu)
lay — not clergy, lay
→ 世俗 (せぞくてきな, sezokuteki-na)
lie — intentionally false statement
→ 嘘 (uso)
lie — be in horizontal position
→ 横たわる (yokotawaru)
→ 臥す (fusu)
→ 横になる (yoko ni naru)
lie — tell an intentional untruth
→ 嘘をつく (uso o tsuku)

More translations:

lay
→ 置く
lay
→ 横たえる
lay
→ 用意する
lay
→ 倒す
lay
→ 静める
lay
→ 卵を産む
lay
→ 賭ける
lay
→ 俗人の
lay
→ しろうとの

English definitions WordNet

NOUN 2

  1. a narrative song with a recurrent refrain

    Synonymsballad
  2. a narrative poem of popular origin

    Synonymsballad

VERB 5

  1. 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”
  2. put in a horizontal position

    • “lay the books on the table”
    • “lay the patient carefully onto the bed”
    Synonymsput downrepose
  3. prepare or position for action or operation

    • “lay a fire”
    • “lay the foundation for a new health care plan”
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  1. lay eggs

    • “This hen doesn't lay”
  2. impose as a duty, burden, or punishment

    • “lay a responsibility on someone”

ADJECTIVE 2

  1. characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy

    • “set his collar in laic rather than clerical position”
    • “the lay ministry”
    Synonymslaicsecular
  2. not of or from a profession

    • “a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease”