How to pronounce laying:
To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
Example: "A shower of rain lays the dust."
To cause to subside or abate.
To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
Example: "Lay brick; lay flooring"
To produce and deposit an egg.
Example: "Did dinosaurs lay their eggs in a nest?"
To bet (that something is or is not the case).
Example: "I'll lay that he doesn't turn up on monday."
To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
To have sex with.
To take a position; to come or go.
Example: "To lay forward; to lay aloft"
To state; to allege.
Example: "To lay the venue"
To point; to aim.
Example: "To lay a gun"
(ropemaking) to put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
Example: "To lay a cable or rope"
To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
To place (new type) properly in the cases.
To apply; to put.
To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
Example: "To lay a tax on land"
To impute; to charge; to allege.
To present or offer.
Example: "To lay an indictment in a particular county; to lay a scheme before one"
To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).