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Laying   /lˈeɪɪŋ/   Listen
Laying

noun
1.
The production of eggs (especially in birds).  Synonym: egg laying.


Lay

verb
(past & past part. laid; pres. part. laying)
1.
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"
2.
Put in a horizontal position.  Synonyms: put down, repose.  "Lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
3.
Prepare or position for action or operation.  "Lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
4.
Lay eggs.
5.
Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment.



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"Laying" Quotes from Famous Books



... week, Georges d'Aubrac visited Duchemin at least once each day to compare wounds and opinions concerning the inefficiency of the local gendarmerie. For that body accomplished nothing toward laying by the heels the authors of the attacks on d'Aubrac and Duchemin, but (for all Duchemin can say to the contrary) is still following "clues" with the fruitless diligence of so many American police detectives on the trail of a bank messenger accused ...
— Alias The Lone Wolf • Louis Joseph Vance
... gathered up the soiled garments her charge had worn and cast them into the bottom of a trunk, which she locked. Laying out a carefully selected assortment of her own garments for the girl's use when she arose, Mrs. Wrandall sat down beside the bed and waited, knowing that sleep ...
— The Hollow of Her Hand • George Barr McCutcheon
... outraged the respectable minds of the jury, and insulted the learned judge. Under these circumstances they lost their case, and the rest of Winn's leave was taken up in the Family's congenial pursuit of laying the blame on ...
— The Dark Tower • Phyllis Bottome
... the brothers who have played, it is the Poe family which comes first to mind. Laying aside friendship or natural bias, I feel that my readers will agree with me in the belief that it would be hard to find six football players ranking higher than the six Poe brothers. Altogether, Princeton has seen some twenty-two years of ...
— Football Days - Memories of the Game and of the Men behind the Ball • William H. Edwards
... her, "Do it not, but have patience till we discover her affair; and if Allah (be He extolled and exalted!) have decreed her death, wait till thou have opened the doors to me and I have gone forth. Then do what seemeth good to thee." So saying, he went up to the Princess and laying his hand upon her bosom, found her heart fluttering like a doveling and the life yet hanging to her breast.[FN416] So he placed his hand on her cheek, whereat she opened her eyes and beckoning to her maid, said to her by signs, "Who is this ...
— Supplemental Nights, Volume 2 • Richard F. Burton


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