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— English words —

• lay v. (Transitive) To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
• lay v. (Transitive, archaic) To cause to subside or abate.
• lay v. (Transitive) To prepare (A plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
• lay v. (Transitive) To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
• lay v. (Transitive) To produce and deposit an egg.
• lay v. (Transitive) To bet (that something is or is not the case).
• lay v. (Transitive) To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
• lay v. (Transitive, slang) To have sex with.
• lay v. (Nautical) To take a position; to come or go.
• lay v. (Law) To state; to allege.
• lay v. (Military) To point; to aim.
• lay v. (Ropemaking) To put the strands of (A rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
• lay v. (Printing) To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
• lay v. (Printing) To place (new type) properly in the cases.
• lay v. To apply; to put.
• lay v. To impose (A burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
• lay v. To impute; to charge; to allege.
• lay v. To present or offer.
• lay v. (Intransitive, proscribed, see usage notes) To lie: to rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
• lay n. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
• lay n. A share of the profits in a business.
• lay n. The direction a rope is twisted.
• lay n. (Colloquial) A casual sexual partner.
• lay n. (Colloquial) An act of sexual intercourse.
• lay n. (Slang, archaic) A place or activity where someone spends a significant portion of their time.
• lay n. The laying of eggs.
• lay n. (Obsolete) A layer.
• lay n. (Obsolete) A basis or ground.
• lay n. A lake.
• lay adj. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
• lay adj. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
• lay adj. (Card games) Not trumps.
• lay adj. (Obsolete) Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.
• lay v. Simple past tense of lie when pertaining to position.
• lay v. (Proscribed) To be in a horizontal position; to lie (from confusion with lie).
• lay n. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.
• lay n. A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
• lay n. (Obsolete) A meadow; a lea.
• lay n. (Obsolete) A law.
• lay n. (Obsolete) An obligation; a vow.
• lay v. (Judaism, transitive) To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).
• Lay prop.n. A river in western France.
• Lay prop.n. A surname.

— Foreign words, define in English —

• Anguthimri
  • lay v. (Transitive, Mpakwithi) to carry.
• Haitian creole - Mauritian creole - Seychellois creole
  • lay n. Garlic.
• Indonesian
  • Lay prop.n. Alternative spelling of Lai.
• Lashi
  • lay Through.
  • lay Across.
  • lay v. To pass.
• Malagasy
  • lay n. Sail (a piece of fabric attached to a boat).
  • lay n. Tent.
• Mauritian creole - Seychellois creole
  • lay n. Moth.
• Middle english
  • lay v. Alternative form of leie: simple past of lien.
• Moore
  • lay n. Garlic (food).
• Vietnamese
  • lay v. To shake.
  • láy v. To repeat, to reiterate.
  • lây v. (Of disease) to spread (from one to another).
  • lấy v. To take, to seize.
  • lấy v. To receive, to obtain, to accept.
  • lấy v. To wed, to marry (someone).
  • lấy v. To charge.
  • lấy v. To pull, to withdraw.
  • lấy v. To steal.
  • lấy v. To adjust.
  • lấy v. Placed after verbs to indicate “to act by, to, or for oneself”.
  • lầy adj. Marshy, muddy.
  • lầy adj. (Slang) playful.
  • lẫy n. Crossbow’s trigger.
  • lẫy v. (Of an infant) to turn over on one’s belly (from supine to prone); to roll over.
  • lẫy v. (Central Vietnam, southern Vietnam) to sulk; to get angry.
  • lẫy adj. (Of teeth) poorly aligned.
  • lạy v. To kowtow.

— English words, defined in French —

• lay adj. Laïque.
• lay adj. Profane.
• lay n. Arrangement ou relation.
• lay n. Direction dans laquelle une corde est tordue.
• lay n. Partenaire sexuel occasionnel.
• lay n. Ballade chantée, poème chanté.
• lay v. Poser, étaler.
• lay v. Pondre.
• lay v. Préparer (un plan, un projet) ; exposer, établir (une loi scientifique, un principe).
• lay v. Prétérit de lie.

— English words, defined in Spanish —

• lay v. Acostar.
• lay v. Derribar.
• lay v. Colocar, poner en posición de reposo.
• lay v. Colocar, poner o aplicar.
• lay v. Imputar, atribuir.
• lay v. Depositar.
• lay s. Colocación, posición.
• lay s. Compañero sexual.
• lay s. Canción.
• lay v. Mentí, mintió, mientieron. Pasado del verbo lie (mentir).
• lay adj. Laico.
• lay adj. Por extensión, que no pertenece a alguna profesión en especial medicina o leyes.

— English words, defined in Portuguese —

• lay adj. Leigo.
• lay v. Deitar.
• lay v. Jazer.
• lay v. Repousar.
• lay v. Ter relações sexuais.
• lay v. Passado simples do verbo "to lie".

— English word, defined in Italian —

• lay v. Passato semplice di lie (giacere).

— In French —

• Lay n.prop. (Géographie) Commune française, située dans le département…
• Lay n.prop.m. Fleuve côtier du département de la Vendée, en France.

— In Spanish —

• Lay s. Apellido.

250 English words from 72 English definitions

abate accept Across act activity adjust adventure after aim aligned allege Alternative and angry another apply archaic arrange Arrangement associated attached ballad basis being belly belonging bet boat building building␣materials burden business but cable Card Card␣games carry case cases casual cause Central certain charge clergy Colloquial come command confusion couplets Crossbow cultivated deals deals␣with deposit direction disease don down educated egg eggs establish etc fabric food for form France from games Garlic get ground have have␣sex horizontal ignorant impose imposing imposing␣stone impute indicate infant install institution intended intercourse Intransitive Judaism kowtow Lai lake law layer laying layout lea lie lien lyrical marry Marshy materials meadow member Military Moth muddy narrative Nautical new Non Non-professional not notes not␣the␣case obligation Obsolete obtain octosyllabic of␣an offer often one oneself on␣top on␣top␣of organized out over pages partner pass past past␣tense pertaining phylacteries piece place Placed places plan playful poem point poorly portion position prepare present principle Printing produce professional profits project prone proper properly proscribed pull punishment put put␣on receive reiterate relationship repeat rest risk river roll roll␣over romance rope Ropemaking Sail see seize set set␣out sex sexual sexual␣intercourse sexual␣partner shake share short significant simple simple␣past slang someone something southern spelling spends spread stake state steal stone strands subside sulk sung supine surface surname take tales tax teeth tefillin tense Tent that the their them thing Through time to␣come top to␣the transitive trigger trumps turn turn␣over twist twisted type unite upon usage usually verbs Vietnam vow wager wed western when where with withdraw written

24 English words from 32 foreign definitions

Arrangement Ballade Commune dans del département Direction especial est exposer France lie Passado plan Poser Profane projet que relation semplice sexual simples Ter Vendée

62 foreign words from 32 foreign definitions

Acostar alguna Apellido aplicar atribuir Canción chanté chantée Colocación Colocar Compañero corde côtier Deitar de␣la Depositar Derribar établir étaler extensión Fleuve française Géographie Imputar Jazer Laico Laïque laquelle Leigo leyes loi medicina Mentí mentir mintió occasionnel Partenaire Partenaire␣sexuel Pasado Passado␣simples Passato pertenece poème Pondre poner Por posición Préparer Prétérit principe profesión relações relações␣sexuais reposo Repousar scientifique sexuais sexuel située tordue une verbo

326 suffixes (New words found by adding one or more letters at the end of the word.)

laya layd laye Laye layn lays layan layby lay-by lay␣by layed layer Layer layes Layes Layet layin lay-in layin' lay␣in Layla Layne Layon lay␣on layst lay␣to layup lay-up lay␣up layans Layard lay-bye lay␣bye laybys lay-bys lay␣bys lay␣day laydee Layden layers Layers layest layeth lay␣for laying layins lay-ins Laylah lay␣low layman Layman +275 words

1871 times in the middle (New words found by adding letters in front and at the end of the word.)

Alaya alays blays Blays claye claym clays Clays elayl flays Olaya Olayo olays playa playd play'd playe playn plays slayn slays Slays Alayah alayed Alayna Alayon allays belays Belays Blayre Celaya clayed clayen clayes clayey clayms clay␣up delays Delays Dulays enlays flayed flayer Golays Imlays inlays Malaya Malayo- Malays Melayu +1821 words

365 prefixes (New words found by adding one or more letters in front of the word.)

alay blay Blay clay Clay flay Flay olay play slay Slay adlay allay belay Belay calay delay Delay Dulay enlay Golay Imlay inlay islay Islay Malay Malay. mulay ollay onlay orlay palay relay re-lay Salay splay unlay uplay at␣play azalay beflay Boulay byplay by-play Coplay exclay Finlay forlay in␣play lullay +315 words

2 anagrams (New words found by changing the order of the letters.)

Aly Ly-α

100 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

ably -ably acyl afly agly alay Alby aley Aley Alfy Algy -algy alky ally Ally -ally Almy amyl amyl- aryl ayel ayle blay Blay clay Clay Daly DALY Dyal Ealy flay Flay glyA gyal hyla Ilya Kyla lacy Lacy lady Lady laky Lamy Lary lavy Lavy laya layd laye Laye +50 words

31 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

al Al AL Ål -al al- a.l. &␣al. ay AY -ay ay^ la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A. ly Ly LY -ly ly- ya Ya YA YL -yl

98 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

AAY bay Bay cay day Day fay Fay gay Gay hay Hay jay Jay kay Kay 'kay lab Lab LAB LαB Lab. lac Lac LAc LAC lad LAD Lae LAE LαE lag LAG lah LAH lai Lai lak Lak LAK Lal LAL Lal. lam Lam LAM Lam. Lan LAN Lan. Lao lap lar LAr LAR las LAs lat LAT lat. Lat. lau Lau lav LAV law Law LAW lax Lax LAX Laz ley Ley loy Loy Luy may May nay Nay NAY pay Pay ray Ray ra'y say tay Tay way Way 'way -way yay Yay zay Zay

18 lipograms (New words found when removing only one letter.)

ay AY -ay ay^ la La LA lä Lα La- La. L.A. L.␣A. ly Ly LY -ly ly-

10 epenthesis (New words found when adding only one letter.)

lacy Lacy lady Lady laky Lamy Lary lavy Lavy lazy

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