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Noun: laying ley-ing- The production of eggs (especially in birds)
- egg laying Verb: lay (laid) ley- Cause to have a certain (possibly abstract) location
"lay your things here"; - put, set, place, pose, position - Put in a horizontal position
"lay the patient carefully onto the bed"; - put down, repose - Prepare or position for action or operation
"lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan" - Produce and deposit (an egg or eggs)
"This hen doesn't lay" - Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
"lay a responsibility on someone" - [vulgar] Have sexual intercourse
- sleep together, love, make love, sleep with, have sex, know [archaic], do it [informal], be intimate, have intercourse, lie with [archaic], bed [informal], get it on [informal]
Derived forms: layings See also: apply, build on, imprison, land, pass along, put back, put up, set back, table [N. Amer], tack together Type of: birth, birthing, copulate, couple, devise, displace, get up, giving birth, impose, levy, machinate, mate, move, organise [Brit], organize, pair, parturition, prepare Encyclopedia: Laying Lay, Kansas |