Meaning of "lay down" in the English dictionary

PRONUNCIATION OF LAY DOWN

lay down

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAY DOWN

Lay down is a verb.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb lay down in English.

WHAT DOES LAY DOWN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Lay Down

"Lay Down" is a song by English band Strawbs featured on their 1973 album Bursting at the Seams. Their first hit single, it had peaked at No. 12 in the UK Singles Chart late the previous year. The lyrics are loosely based on the 23rd Psalm in the Old Testament and the song was widely considered to be writer Dave Cousins's most commercial and radio-friendly offering to date. Indeed, some aficionados accused Cousins and the band of "selling out", especially as the band later appeared on Top of the Pops dressed in glittery "glam rock" outfits and wearing make-up. The single was described, in the original A&M Records Press Release, as ".. the Strawbs first real attempt to crack open the singles market." It featured strong rock guitar riffs from the band's new guitarist Dave Lambert. The album version features an additional guitar solo, making it about thirty seconds longer than the single. The song was brought to the public's attention again in 2007 when it featured on the BBC television series "Life on Mars". It was, however, unaccountably absent from the DVD boxset soundtrack.

Definition of lay down in the English dictionary

The first definition of lay down in the dictionary is to place on the ground, etc. Other definition of lay down is to relinquish or discard. Lay down is also to formulate.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LAY DOWN

PRESENT

Present

I lay down

you lay down

he/she/it lays down

we lay down

you lay down

they lay down

Present continuous

I am laying down

you are laying down

he/she/it is laying down

we are laying down

you are laying down

they are laying down

Present perfect

I have laid down

you have laid down

he/she/it has laid down

we have laid down

you have laid down

they have laid down

Present perfect continuous

I have been laying down

you have been laying down

he/she/it has been laying down

we have been laying down

you have been laying down

they have been laying down

Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past

I laid down

you laid down

he/she/it laid down

we laid down

you laid down

they laid down

Past continuous

I was laying down

you were laying down

he/she/it was laying down

we were laying down

you were laying down

they were laying down

Past perfect

I had laid down

you had laid down

he/she/it had laid down

we had laid down

you had laid down

they had laid down

Past perfect continuous

I had been laying down

you had been laying down

he/she/it had been laying down

we had been laying down

you had been laying down

they had been laying down

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will lay down

you will lay down

he/she/it will lay down

we will lay down

you will lay down

they will lay down

Future continuous

I will be laying down

you will be laying down

he/she/it will be laying down

we will be laying down

you will be laying down

they will be laying down

Future perfect

I will have laid down

you will have laid down

he/she/it will have laid down

we will have laid down

you will have laid down

they will have laid down

Future perfect continuous

I will have been laying down

you will have been laying down

he/she/it will have been laying down

we will have been laying down

you will have been laying down

they will have been laying down

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would lay down

you would lay down

he/she/it would lay down

we would lay down

you would lay down

they would lay down

Conditional continuous

I would be laying down

you would be laying down

he/she/it would be laying down

we would be laying down

you would be laying down

they would be laying down

Conditional perfect

I would have lay down

you would have lay down

he/she/it would have lay down

we would have lay down

you would have lay down

they would have lay down

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been laying down

you would have been laying down

he/she/it would have been laying down

we would have been laying down

you would have been laying down

they would have been laying down

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you lay down
we let´s lay down
you lay down

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to lay down

Past participle

laid down

Present Participle

laying down

Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

TRANSLATION OF LAY DOWN

Find out the translation of lay down to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of lay down from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «lay down» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 放下
• Translator English - Spanish: establecer
• English: lay down
• Translator English - Hindi: नीचे रख दे
• Translator English - Arabic: وضع
• Translator English - Russian: ложись
• Translator English - Portuguese: deitar
• Translator English - Bengali: নিচে রাখা
• Translator English - French: poser
• Translator English - Malay: meletakkan
• Translator English - German: sich hinlegen
• Translator English - Japanese: 捨てる
• Translator English - Korean: 누워
• Translator English - Javanese: Lay mudhun
• Translator English - Vietnamese: nằm xuống
• Translator English - Tamil: கீழே போட
• Translator English - Marathi: घालणे
• Translator English - Turkish: yatmak
• Translator English - Italian: stendersi
• Translator English - Polish: ustanawiają
• Translator English - Ukrainian: лягай
• Translator English - Romanian: stabilesc
• Translator English - Greek: θεσπίζουν
• Translator English - Afrikaans: lê
• Translator English - Swedish: fastställa
• Translator English - Norwegian: legge ned

10 QUOTES WITH «LAY DOWN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lay down.

1

Peter Andre

When I do fall in love, I'll go to the ends of the earth for that person. I'd lay down on a carpet of nails for the person I love.

2

Christopher Atkins

They built these little tanning booths for Brooke and I to do nothing but lay down and tan all over.

3

Avicii

I would never lay down a pre-programmed set and perform to a pre-mixed CD; I would never cheat my fans like that.

4

Bert Blyleven

Your goal as a hitter is to get on. And if the third baseman is playing back and letting you lay down a bunt, I don't have a problem with that, even if it's late in a no-hitter.

5

Des Browne

Are we prepared to tolerate a world in which countries which care about morality lay down their nuclear weapons, leaving others to threaten the rest of the world or hold it to ransom?

6

Ertharin Cousin

When people are hungry, when a mother or father is facing a child that they can't feed, you can't ask that family to lay down their arms.

7

Cindy Crawford

I get the hypocrisy thing, but any human being is allowed to have a public and private face, and celebrities should have the same rights as regular people to decide what cards they lay down and what cards they hide.

8

Thomas Dolby

So I'll set a cycle in motion and pop it into record and I'll lay down a drum pattern, a bass line, a keyboard and guitar part, and once the groove is going I launch into the song and sing my song over the top.

9

Raoul Dufy

I don't follow any system. All the laws you can lay down are only so many props to be cast aside when the hour of creation arrives.

10

Jon English

You can lay down and die, or you can get up and fight, but that's it - there's no turning back.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAY DOWN»

Discover the use of lay down in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lay down and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Lay It Down: How Letting Go Brings Out Your Best

Not only is there hope, but as you lay down your pain, you will find surprising peace and empowerment. Lay It Down will help you move beyond whatever is keeping you from being the person God created you to be.

Randall Cunningham, 2013

Gonna Lay Down My Burdens

Carmen Taylor finds her life spinning out of control when her best friend Desiree begins dating Chester Sheffield, the man Carmen has loved for years, and when Desiree gets pregant with his child, Carmen commits a reckless crime of passion ...

Mary Monroe, 2005

It Was On Fire When I Lay Down On It

Now, picking up where he left off, Fulghum turns our eyes to show-and-tell, weddings, his own ten commandments, and more insightful and unique observations on what our world is and was.... From the Paperback edition.

Robert Fulghum, 2010

Lay Down with Dogs: Hugh Otis Bynum and the Scottsboro First ...

"Lay Down with Dogs" is the story of a small southern town as it makes the transition from an agrarian hamlet to progressive New South suburbia.

Byron Woodfin, 2002

Lay Down My Sword and Shield

Hackberry Holland, cousin of beloved James Lee Burke hero Billy Bob Holland, made his debut in Lay Down My Sword and Shield, originally published in 1971.

James Lee Burke, 2010

Get Down Or Lay Down

In every city of every state you will find an urban ghetto full of drugs and guns, both of which breed hate and pain; in the eyes of many this is a cocktail of death and destruction, but for those who reside there it's home.

Derrick Johnson, 2007

Lay Down Your Guns: One Doctor's Battle for Hope and Healing ...

How does Dr. Amanda Madrids faith help her overcome violence and fear after dangerous drug cartels attack the jungle clinics she has established?

Greg R. Taylor, 2013

Every Man Heart Lay Down

The story of the Nativity told in the speech patterns and images of African people newly acquainted with the English language.

Lorenz B. Graham, 1993

Lay Down Your Arms: The Autobiography of Martha Von Tilling

This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.

Bertha von Suttner, 2010

When Alice Lay Down With Peter

It is in the connection between the place and its inhabitants that we find the deceptively simple meaning of “home.” And it is to this conjoining of histories that Sweatman brings the lightning spark of her imagination, and out of which ...

Margaret Sweatman, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAY DOWN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lay down is used in the context of the following news items.

Galway lay down marker with another Ulster scalp - The Irish Times

Galway lay down marker with another Ulster scalp. Brian McIvor hits out at standard of refereeing before quitting Derry post. Galway's Danny ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»

Etu Uaisele column: Beating Leigh would lay down a marker ahead …

SO then, it's Leigh at Odsal this weekend and a game that needs no building up. We have been up there with them all season and Sunday's game could go a ... «Bradford Telegraph and Argus, Jul 15»

Yes! Veronica Mars' Jason Dohring Will Lay Down the Law on The …

Yes! Veronica Mars' Jason Dohring Will Lay Down the Law on The Originals. Logan Echolls is back!Jason Dohring -- who played the love ... «Worcester Telegram, Jul 15»

Kigamboni Bridge Labourers Briefly Lay Down Tools

Casual labourers working at Kigamboni bridge briefly laid down their tools due to a number of grievances, including low salaries and failure to ... «AllAfrica.com, Jul 15»

Thai and Peruvian Culture Ministers meet to lay down cultural …

PERU, 16 July 2015 - Culture Minister Weera Rojpotchanarat is leading a delegation to attend a bilateral meeting with his Peruvian counterpart ... «Pattaya Mail, Jul 15»

Pro-Kurdish party leader calls on PKK to lay down arms

He added that negotiations are the way to eliminate the threat of the PKK, noting that his calls on the PKK to lay down arms will not be enough ... «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»

Pro-Kurdish leader calls on PKK to lay down arms

Leader of the pro-Kurdish People's Democracy Party (HDP) has called on the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) to lay down arms to move forward ... «Today's Zaman, Jul 15»

At Substrata, Lay Down in a Church and Let 4.1 Surround Sound …

At Substrata, Lay Down in a Church and Let 4.1 Surround Sound Wash Over You One Last Time. The uniquely immersive ambient, ... «Seattle Weekly, Jul 15»

Ukraine's Security Service calls on participants in Mukacheve …

Ukraine's Security Service calls on participants in Mukacheve conflict to lay down weapons. Print version. July 13, 2015, 10:57 a.m. | Ukraine — by Interfax- ... «Kyiv Post, Jul 15»

Eleven naxals lay down arms in Andhra Pradesh

VISAKHAPATNAM: Eleven Maoists, including two members of the Pedabayalu Dalam, surrendered before Visakha Rural SP Koya Praveen ... «Times of India, Jul 15»