lay down vs lie down — Lay down has several different meanings. If you lay something down it can mean you officially establish a rule, or officially state the way in which something should be done. For example: Please follow the rules laid down by the… … English dictionary of common mistakes and confusing words
lay down — phrasal verb Word forms lay down : present tense I/you/we/they lay down he/she/it lays down present participle laying down past tense laid down past participle laid down 1) [transitive] to put something down in order to show you are not going to… … English dictionary
lay down — verb Date: 13th century transitive verb 1. to give up ; surrender < lay down your arms > 2. a. establish, prescribe < lay down a scale for a map > b. to assert or command dogmatically … New Collegiate Dictionary
To lay down — Lay Lay (l[=a]), v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Laid} (l[=a]d); p. pr. & vb. n. {Laying}.] [OE. leggen, AS. lecgan, causative, fr. licgan to lie; akin to D. leggen, G. legen, Icel. leggja, Goth. lagjan. See {Lie} to be prostrate.] 1. To cause to lie down,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
lay down — Synonyms and related words: abdicate, abjure, acknowledge defeat, advance, affirm, align, allege, announce, annunciate, ante, ante up, appoint, argue, arrange in layers, assert, assever, asseverate, authorize, aver, avouch, avow, back, bank, bet … Moby Thesaurus
lay down — 1) vb See lie down 2) lay (someone) down vb American to kill. A euphemism used among black street gangs in the late 1980s … Contemporary slang
Walk In Lay Down — (commonly referred to as WILD [ [http://acronyms.thefreedictionary.com/Walk+In,+Lay+Down+(Washington+University,+St.+Louis+concert) Definition of Walk In, Lay Down] ] ) is a concert event held in the Brookings Quadrangle at Washington University… … Wikipedia
laugh and lay down — laugh and lie down or laugh and lay down noun An old card game in which a player lays down his or her cards when a winning hand is achieved • • • Main Entry: ↑laugh … Useful english dictionary
Lay — Lie Lie, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n), ({Lien} (l[imac] [e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.] [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Lie — Lie, v. i. [imp. {Lay} (l[=a]); p. p. {Lain} (l[=a]n), ({Lien} (l[imac] [e^]n), Obs.); p. pr. & vb. n. {Lying}.] [OE. lien, liggen, AS. licgan; akin to D. liggen, OHG. ligen, licken, G. liegen, Icel. liggja, Sw. ligga, Dan. ligge, Goth. ligan,… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
