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I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start.
Dale Evans

Meaning of "lay in" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF LAY IN

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF LAY IN

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Lay in 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 in in English.

WHAT DOES LAY IN MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of lay in in the English dictionary

The definition of lay in in the dictionary is to accumulate and store.


CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO LAY IN

PRESENT

Present
I lay in
you lay in
he/she/it lays in
we lay in
you lay in
they lay in
Present continuous
I am laying in
you are laying in
he/she/it is laying in
we are laying in
you are laying in
they are laying in
Present perfect
I have laid in
you have laid in
he/she/it has laid in
we have laid in
you have laid in
they have laid in
Present perfect continuous
I have been laying in
you have been laying in
he/she/it has been laying in
we have been laying in
you have been laying in
they have been laying in
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 in
you laid in
he/she/it laid in
we laid in
you laid in
they laid in
Past continuous
I was laying in
you were laying in
he/she/it was laying in
we were laying in
you were laying in
they were laying in
Past perfect
I had laid in
you had laid in
he/she/it had laid in
we had laid in
you had laid in
they had laid in
Past perfect continuous
I had been laying in
you had been laying in
he/she/it had been laying in
we had been laying in
you had been laying in
they had been laying in
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will lay in
you will lay in
he/she/it will lay in
we will lay in
you will lay in
they will lay in
Future continuous
I will be laying in
you will be laying in
he/she/it will be laying in
we will be laying in
you will be laying in
they will be laying in
Future perfect
I will have laid in
you will have laid in
he/she/it will have laid in
we will have laid in
you will have laid in
they will have laid in
Future perfect continuous
I will have been laying in
you will have been laying in
he/she/it will have been laying in
we will have been laying in
you will have been laying in
they will have been laying in
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would lay in
you would lay in
he/she/it would lay in
we would lay in
you would lay in
they would lay in
Conditional continuous
I would be laying in
you would be laying in
he/she/it would be laying in
we would be laying in
you would be laying in
they would be laying in
Conditional perfect
I would have lay in
you would have lay in
he/she/it would have lay in
we would have lay in
you would have lay in
they would have lay in
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been laying in
you would have been laying in
he/she/it would have been laying in
we would have been laying in
you would have been laying in
they would have been laying in
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you lay in
we let´s lay in
you lay in
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to lay in
Past participle
laid in
Present Participle
laying in
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.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE LAY IN

lay bare
lay brother
lay claim to
lay days
lay down
lay down one´s arms
lay down the law
lay figure
lay hands on
lay hold of
lay into
lay it on
lay it on thick
lay low
lay off
lay on
lay on the line
lay one´s finger on
lay oneself open
lay open

WORDS THAT END LIKE LAY IN

all in
at home in
buy in
check in
come in
copy in
do in
fill in
get in
get stuck in
keep in
key in
live in
log in
pay in
put in
rub it in
sign in
take part in
work in

Synonyms and antonyms of lay in in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «lay in» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF LAY IN

Find out the translation of lay in to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of lay in 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 in» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

躺在
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

poner en
570 millions of speakers

English

lay in
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

में रखना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

يكمن في
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

лежал в
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

estava em
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

ভিতরে রাখা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mettre en
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Berbaring
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

lag in
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

中横たわっ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

에 누워
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Lay ing
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

nằm trong
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

உள்ளே போ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

घालणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Yatırmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

laici in
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

leżał w
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

лежав у
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

pune în
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

θέσει σε
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

lê in
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

låg i
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

lå i
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of lay in

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «LAY IN»

The term «lay in» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.962 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «LAY IN» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about lay in

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10 QUOTES WITH «LAY IN»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word lay in.
1
Eben Alexander
There is no scientific explanation for the fact that while my body lay in coma, my mind - my conscious, inner self - was alive and well.
2
Stephanie Beacham
When I was young I used to smother myself with olive oil mixed with a dash of vinegar to keep the flies away and lay in the sunshine for hours on end. But we knew no better then. Now we know how stupid that was.
3
Regina Brett
When I turned 45, I lay in bed reflecting on all life had taught me. My soul sprang a leak and ideas flowed out. My pen simply caught them and set the words on paper. I typed them up and turned them into a newspaper column of the 45 lessons life taught me. When I hit 50, I added five more lessons and the paper ran the column again.
4
Luke Bryan
Every day I wake up and I lay in bed counting my blessings and saying my prayers for how fortunate I am to have great fans and health and family.
5
Emanuel Celler
Roosevelt's magic lay in one facet of his personality: He knew how to take the risk. No other man in public life I knew could so readily take the challenge of the new.
6
Kenneth Clark
The great achievement of the Catholic Church lay in harmonizing, civilizing the deepest impulses of ordinary, ignorant people.
7
William Cobbett
From a very early age I had imbibed the opinion that it was every man's duty to do all that lay in his power to leave his country as good as he had found it.
8
John Sherman Cooper
I don't think anybody ever thought about the CIA meddling in internal affairs. The shock of the President's death called for an immediate investigation. It actually lay in the jurisdiction of Texas.
9
Vincent D'Onofrio
To me the definition of true masculinity - and femininity, too - is being able to lay in your own skin comfortably.
10
Dale Evans
I lay in the bed at the hospital and said, 'let's see what I have left.' And I could see, I could speak, I could think, I could read. I simply tabulated my blessings, and that gave me a start.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «LAY IN»

Discover the use of lay in in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to lay in and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation: An Easy-to-Use ...
The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation is filled with easy-to-understand rules,real-world examples, dozens of reproducible exercises, and pre- and post-tests.
Jane Straus, 2011
2
A Treatise Explanatory of a New System of Naval, Military ...
... lay in 707 To lay on, or upon 708 To lay out □ 709 To lay to — 710 To lay under 711 To lay up 712 Lay 713 Lay apart 714 Lay before — • 715 Lay before them 716 Lay by 717 Lay down 718 Lay hold of 719 Lay in — 720 Lay in a good stock ...
John Macdonald, 1817
3
Horatio Nelson Lay and Sino-British Relations, 1854-1864
Lay in London Neither his fame nor his fortune were of spectacular proportions, but not only was he the high-salaried Inspector General of the Celestial Empire's Maritime Customs Service, he was also a man of property, having invested in ...
Jack J. Gerson, 1972
4
The Old French Narrative Lay: An Analytical Bibliography
... I now present a complementary bibliography devoted to other lays. The difficult question of which lays to select for this volume was resolved by adopting the corpus of twenty lays discussed by Donovan in his chapter The Later Breton Lay in ...
Glyn Sheridan Burgess, 1995
5
An English and Welsh Dictionary, Wherein, Not Only the ...
To luy on heaps, Gosod yn garneddau; tyrrn. Tn lay hold nf [ on. ) See to Apprehend, May hold on, .\ □(-. ] mill to take [lay or catch] Hold of or on i [under Hold.) To In 1/ in lavender. See under Lavender. To lay in pawn or to pledge, Rhoi ...
John Walters, Hannah Walters, 1828
6
Time in Indian Music: Rhythm, Metre, and Form in North ...
Within the Indian context, however, there is some ambiguity over whether lay in this sense refers exclusively to the rate of succession of the tal, or whether it is also dependent on surface rhythmic density. Indeed, the latter meaning is clearly  ...
Clayton M. Martin, Martin Clayton, 2008
7
A Series of Lay Sermons on Good Principles and Good Breeding
What, then, can we do better than to lay in a good store of provisions, to have honest and true messmates, and with all our skill to steer clear of the quicksands which would swallow us up, and the rocks on which we may be dashed to pieces.
James Hogg, Gillian Hughes, Douglas S. Mack, 1997
8
American English Idiomatic Expressions in 52 Weeks: An Easy ...
... (BAD) 218 lay an egg (FAIL) 292 lay away (MON) 213 lay down the law (UND) 207 lay eyes on (UND) 216 lay hands on someone (BAD) 225 lay hands on something (OWN) 149 lay hold of (OWN) 164 lay in (OWN) 173 lay into (COMM) 210 ...
John Holleman, 2006
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Heinemann English Dictionary
4 to cause to settle or be inactive: / sprinkled the path with water to lay the dust. 5 to wager: I'll lay five to one I can beat you home. Phrases lay about to hit out at violently. lay down to state formally. lay in to build up a store of: They began to lay  ...
‎2001
10
Encyclopaedia Perthensis; Or Universal Dictionary of the ...
Readers, who are in the flower of their youth, should labour at those accomplishments which may set off their persons when their bloom is gone, and so lay in timely provisions for manhood and old age. Addifon. 46. To Lay on. To apply with ...
‎1816

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «LAY IN»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term lay in is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Moving scenes as Irish woman murdered in US 183 years ago is …
... "the tail of the American dream", but within six weeks she was dead and lay in an unmarked grave in the US for almost two centuries. «Irish Independent, Jul 15»
2
Scottish police crisis as two in three staff want out | UK | News | Daily …
Mother-of-two Ms Bell was badly hurt and lay in the wreckage next to his body until the Renault Clio was eventually found. She died four days ... «Express.co.uk, Jul 15»
3
Decomposing bodies of woman, 3 children found in East Chatham …
Saturday night, two basketballs lay in the weedy backyard near the porch of the home. The rear door was blackened and appeared charred. «Chicago Tribune, Jul 15»
4
Shooting puts spotlight on lax deportation policy | Boston Herald
Rivera's shocking shooting death — killed as she lay in her bed — comes as the country's immigration policies are under renewed scrutiny. «Boston Herald, Jul 15»
5
Kosciusko man killed in Madison Co. hit and run - The Clarion-Ledger
Shortly after that, he was struck by a Ford Explorer as he lay in the roadway. The driver of the Explorer remained on the scene and called 911. «Jackson Clarion Ledger, Jul 15»
6
Tow trucks to lay in wait for clearway hogs in anti-congestion push …
Tow truck drivers will lay in wait to impound cars during the peak hour periods. The cost to recover a towed vehicle is $334, plus any parking ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»
7
Clarification - Fault lay in my enthusiasm
Thank you for running the picture (Middle Rasen store's £10k grant, Market Rasen Mail, July 8). I am sorry if I gave the impression of being ... «Market Rasen Mail, Jul 15»
8
Fugro adds cable-lay to its trenching services
Fugro is now offering cable-lay in addition to trenching to its offshore windfarm and tidal energy clients. The company has equipped its ... «Your Renewable News, Jul 15»
9
'It was absolute carnage'
Pietermaritzburg - The wreckage of a mangled minibus taxi lay in shards across Bulwer's R612 as mortuary vans carrying the bodies of eight ... «News24, Jul 15»
10
Garston murder: Gunmen "lay in wait" before shooting teenager in …
Gunmen may have lay in wait before shooting dead a teenager in Garston, stunned local residents today claimed. The 18-year-old was blasted ... «Liverpool Echo, Jul 15»

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