• a narrative poem of popular origin
• a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
• 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"
• put in a horizontal position; "Lay the books on the table"; "Lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
• Lay eggs; "This hen doesn''t Lay"
• prepare or position for action or operation; "Lay a fire"; "Lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
• impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "Lay a responsibility on someone"
• not of or from a profession; "a Lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
• concerning those not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the Lay ministry"; "the choir sings both sacred and secular music"

'Lay' in other languages