A Quick and Simple Dictionary

lay

1. Verb.  (transitive) To place down in a position of rest.
2. Verb.  (transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
3. Verb.  (transitive) To leave something somewhere.
4. Verb.  (transitive) To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
5. Verb.  (transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
6. Verb.  (transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.
7. Verb.  (transitive) To wager that an event will not take place.
8. Verb.  (transitive, slang) To have sex with.
9. Noun.  Arrangement or relationship; layout.
10. Noun.  The direction a rope is twisted.
11. Noun.  A casual sexual partner.
12. Noun.  (nonstandard, or) ''the '''lay''' of the land'' (rather than the standard ''the lie of the land)''.
13. Noun.  A lake.
14. Adjective.  Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
15. Adjective.  Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
16. Verb.  (simple past of, [[lie#Etymology 1) when pertaining to position.
17. Verb.  (proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie.
18. Noun.  A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.