LAYING

To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.

Example: "A shower of rain lays the dust."

To cause to subside or abate.

To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).

To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.

Example: "Lay brick;  lay flooring"

To produce and deposit an egg.

Example: "Did dinosaurs lay their eggs in a nest?"

To bet (that something is or is not the case).

Example: "I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on monday."

To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.

To have sex with.

To take a position; to come or go.

Example: "To lay forward;  to lay aloft"

To state; to allege.

Example: "To lay the venue"

To point; to aim.

Example: "To lay a gun"

(ropemaking) to put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.

Example: "To lay a cable or rope"

To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.

To place (new type) properly in the cases.

To apply; to put.

To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).

Example: "To lay a tax on land"

To impute; to charge; to allege.

To present or offer.

Example: "To lay an indictment in a particular county;   to lay a scheme before one"

To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).