laying in English

verb

1

put down, especially gently or carefully.

she laid the baby in his crib

synonyms: put, place, set, put down, set down, deposit, rest, situate, locate, position, stick, dump, park, plunk

2

put down and set in position for use.

it is advisable to have your carpet laid by a professional

synonyms: set in place, put in place, set out, set up, establish

3

used with an abstract noun so that the phrase formed has the same meaning as the verb related to the noun used, e.g., “lay the blame on” means ‘to blame’.

she laid great stress on little courtesies

4

(of a female bird, insect, reptile, or amphibian) produce (an egg) from inside the body.

flamingos lay only one egg

5

have sexual intercourse with.

verb

put, place, set, put down, set down, deposit, rest, situate, locate, position, stick, dump, park, plunk
set in place, put in place, set out, set up, establish
bet, wager, gamble, stake, risk, hazard, venture, give odds, speculate
bring, press, bring forward, lodge, register, place, file
assign to, attribute to, ascribe to, allot to, attach to, hold someone accountable, hold someone responsible, find guilty
devise, arrange, make, make ready, prepare, work out, hatch, design, plan, scheme, plot, conceive, put together, draw up, produce, develop, concoct, formulate, cook up
impose, apply, entrust, vest, place, put, inflict, encumber, saddle, charge, burden
set, prepare, devise, bait
place, position, put, set, pose
put down, repose

Use "laying" in a sentence

1. Laying battery is a collection of cages used for housing laying hens .

2. John was laying the table .

3. These hens are laying well.

4. Wheeled dozers (excluding track-laying)

5. He was busy laying turf.

6. Birds reproduce by laying eggs.

7. The workers are laying the tracks.

8. The hens are not laying well .

9. Subject: Standards on laying gas pipes

10. There are laying down gas pipes.

11. System for controlling power line-laying robots

12. They are laying pipes under the road.

13. Culling hens refers to the identification and removal of the non-laying or low producing hens from a laying flock

14. Some tropical fish reproduce by laying eggs.

15. I am laying your stones with hard mortar

16. The frog raise up seed by laying eggs.

17. We started laying up firewood for the winter.

18. They were laying a trap for the kidnapper.

19. They are laying new sewers along the road.

20. I'm laying ceramic floor tiles in the kitchen.

21. Every alternative to laying off workers should be explored

22. You're laying yourself wide open to accusations of dishonesty.

23. He was laying the flattery on with a trowel.

24. Backfilling shall be completed promptly as pipe laying advances

25. Adhesives for laying ceramic tiles, additives for building materials

26. Every alternative to laying off workers should be explored.

27. He is laying aside money for his old age.

28. They're laying a new gas main through the town.

29. The soldiers were laying for the enemy in the dark.

30. There’s a less obvious reason to embrace Craftily laying low

31. Pseudoxenodontine snakes are small to medium-sized egg-laying snakes.

32. Long-distance carriers were first, laying it for intercity trunks.

33. For HAA guns, gun laying radar was not yet operational.

34. The female commences laying eggs about the middle of March .

35. They got my Mexes laying around just praying for independence.

36. Draft Decree laying down additional safety measures for electric substations

37. We enforce laws through laying charges or applying alternative measures.

38. I'd better measure up before I start laying the carpet.

39. They were busy laying the drains for the new houses.

40. * See also Anoint; Hands, Laying on of; Heal, Healings; Oil; Priesthood

41. You wanna waste your life laying around this shithole neighborhood forever?

42. Elders ordain priests and teachers by the laying on of hands.

43. Fox is clearly laying the groundwork for peace talks to restart.

44. Brooding, in zoology, pattern of behaviour of certain egg-laying animals, especially birds, marked by cessation of egg laying and readiness to sit on and incubate eggs.

45. Now Brazilians fear he could be laying the foundation for one

46. Allstate has a long history of laying off its experienced employees

47. Remember when your Gran was laying here all bloody and dead?

48. * See also Call, Called of God, Calling; Hands, Laying on of

49. Oil seal the pump when laying aside fer a long period.

50. No sitting, laying down, or crunches in this Standing Abs Workout