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Laying

noun

The production of eggs (especially in birds). Synonym: egg laying.

Lay

verb

(past & past part. laid; pres. part. laying)

Put into a certain place or abstract location. Synonyms: place, pose, position, put, set. "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. Synonyms: put down, repose. "Lay the patient carefully onto the bed"

Prepare or position for action or operation. "Lay the foundation for a new health care plan"

Lay eggs.

Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment.

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... "But laying hands on another To coin his labor and sweat, He goes in pawn to his victim For eternal years ...

— The Autocrat of the Breakfast-Table • Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. (The Physician and Poet not the Jurist)

... her arm through his, "you're not laying at all. You're getting broody." With that, she turned to me. "And what do ...

— Jonah and Co. • Dornford Yates

... young gentleman is now a carpenter, and an honor to his profession. Madame Merger is in easy circumstances, and receives, yearly, fifty francs from her daughter. To crown all, Mademoiselle Beatrice herself is a funded proprietor, and consulted the writer of this biography as to the best method of laying out a capital of two hundred francs, which is the present ...

— The Paris Sketch Book Of Mr. M. A. Titmarsh • William Makepeace Thackeray

... passing under the name of "Apsley's Waterfall." This trip was succeeded by a kangaroo hunt in the cow-pastures with Mr. Macarthur, one of the chief promoters of the prosperity of New South Wales. Bougainville also turned his stay at Sydney to account by laying the foundation-stone of a monument to the memory of La Perouse. This cenotaph was erected in Botany Bay, upon the spot where the navigator had pitched ...

— Celebrated Travels and Travellers - Part III. The Great Explorers of the Nineteenth Century • Jules Verne

... "Be careful," warned Peter, laying his lips to Peggy's pink ear, "the princess has a terrible temper. She has been known to strangle a man for less ...

— Peter the Brazen - A Mystery Story of Modern China • George F. Worts

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