ALL meanings of lay down
lay down
L l - verb with object lay down to devise or arrange, as a plan. 1
- verb with object lay down to place on or over a surface, as paint; cover or spread with something else. 1
- verb with object lay down to smooth down or make even: to lay the nap of cloth. 1
- noun lay down to sacrifice or give up (one's life) 0
- noun lay down to assert or declare emphatically 0
- noun lay down to bet; wager 0
- noun lay down to store away, as wine in a cellar 0
- verb lay down To give up, surrender, or yield (e.g. a weapon), usually by placing it on the ground. 0
- verb lay down To intentionally take a fall while riding a motorcycle, in order to prevent a more serious collision. 0
- verb lay down To specify, institute, enact, assert firmly, state authoritatively, establish or formulate (rules or policies). 0
- verb lay down To stock, store (e.g. wine) for the future. See also lay by. 0
- verb lay down To sacrifice, especially in the phrase "to lay down one's life.". 0
- verb lay down (Intransitive Verb) (nonstandard, proscribed) To lie down; to place oneself in a reclined or horizontal position, on a bed or similar, for the purpose of resting. 0
- verb lay down (nautical, dated) To draw the lines of a ship's hull at full size, before starting a build. 0
- verb lay down simple past tense of lie down. 0
- verb lay down to record (tracks) in a studio 0
- verb lay down to wager or bet 0
- verb lay down to store or stock 0
- verb lay down to convert (land) into pasture 0
- verb lay down to record (plans) on paper 0
- verb lay down to build or begin to build 0
- verb lay down to formulate (a rule, principle, etc) 0
- verb lay down to relinquish or discard 0
- verb lay down to place on the ground, etc 0
- phrasal verb lay down If someone lays down their weapons, they stop fighting a battle or war and make peace. 0
- phrasal verb lay down If rules or people in authority lay down what people should do or must do, they officially state what they should or must do. 0
- phrasal verb lay down If you lay something down, you put it down, usually because you have finished using it. 0