put, set, place, pose, position, lay -- (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 -- (put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed")
lay -- (prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan")
lay -- (lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay")
lay -- (impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone")
Overview of adj laid
The adj laid has 1 sense
laid, set -- (set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern")
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