Lay V1 V2 V3, Lay Past and Past Participle Form Tense Verb 1 2 3
lay
Meanings;
- Put down, especially gently or carefully.(verb)
- Put down and set in position for use.(verb)
- 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’(verb)
| Verb(V1) | Past Tense(V2) | Past Participle(V3) |
| lay | laid | laid |
| Verb – es(Ves) | Verb – ing(Ving) |
| lays | laying |
Synonyms
put, place, set, put down, set down, deposit, rest, situate, sit, settle, stow, balance, station, drop, leave, let fall, throw down, fling down, deploy, locate, position, assign, attribute, ascribe, allocate, allot, impute, attach, impose, fix, produce,
Example Sentences with lay
She lay on the bed.
My brother lay down on the bed and waited for his father to come.
Steve’s dog lay down.
Alex lay down on the bed.
I lay down to rest.
George lay down on the grass.
They should lay your cards out on the table.
Fault always lies in the same place: with him weak enough to lay blame.
I’ve apologized, so lay off, OK?
When the name was in the room, it came to pass that the murderer, abashed, opened up, and there sprang forth, like a Glory, from his pitiable fragments, an altar on which there lay, in the roses, a woman of light and flesh.
