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lay

1. tv. to copulate [with] someone. (Crude. Usually objectionable.) She laid him on the spot.

2. n. a sexual act. (Crude. Usually objectionable.) I could use a good lay about now.

3. n. a person considered as a potential sex partner. (Crude. Usually objectionable.) He actually said that she was a good lay.

lay (one's)

/a finger on

To locate; find: We haven't been able to lay a finger on those photos.

lay

/put to rest

1. To bury (a dead body); inter.

2. To resolve or settle (an issue, for example): The judge's ruling put to rest the dispute between the neighbors.

See:

• get hands on
• give life
• in layman's terms
• in ruins
• Kill the goose that lays the golden egg
• kill the goose that lays the golden eggs
• laid
• laid up
• lay
• lay (one's) life on the line
• lay (oneself) out
• lay (our/your/their) heads together
• lay (something) at the feet of (someone)
• lay a finger on
• lay a guilt trip on
• lay a guilt trip on someone
• lay a hand on
• lay a heavy trip on someone
• lay a trip on
• lay a trip on someone
• lay a wager
• lay about one
• lay against
• lay alongside
• lay an egg
• lay around
• lay aside
• lay aside for
• lay at door
• lay at feet
• lay at rest
• lay at someone's door
• lay away
• lay bare
• lay before
• lay by
• lay by the heels
• lay cards on the table
• lay claim to
• lay down
• lay down and die
• lay down arms
• lay down life
• lay down the law
• lay down the marker
• lay emphasis on
• lay eyes on
• lay for
• lay hands on
• lay hold of
• lay in
• lay into
• lay it on the line
• lay it on thick
• lay it on with a trowel
• lay low
• lay low and sing small
• lay odds
• lay of the land
• lay of the land, the
• lay off
• lay off someone/something
• lay on
• lay on the line
• lay on, Macduff
• lay one on
• lay one's cards on the table
• lay open
• lay out
• lay out in lavender
• lay out on
• lay over
• lay rubber
• lay siege to
• lay some rubber
• lay some sweet lines on
• lay some sweet lines on someone
• lay someone low
• lay someone out
• lay someone out in lavender
• lay something on someone
• lay something out
• lay store by (something or someone)
• lay store in (something or someone)
• lay the blame on
• lay the ghost of
• lay the groundwork (for something)
• lay the pipe
• lay to
• lay to rest
• lay to waste
• lay together
• lay under
• lay up
• lay wait for
• lay waste
• layed
• let it lay
• lie before (someone or something)
• lie down on the job
• lie low
• put by
• put hands on
• put one's finger on
• put oneself out
• put the blame on
• put the finger on
• put to rest
• send on a guilt trip
• set eyes on
• set the table
• the lay of the land
• tie one on