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Laid Lay Sth Sb Past Put Verb Sermek

Level B1 
Kind verb
Front lay 
IPA  /leɪ   / verb [transitive] (past tense, past participle laid /leɪd   /)
Back yatırmak, sermek, koymak
Back 2

lay (verb)

 /leɪ   / verb [transitive] (past tense, past participle laid /leɪd   /)
 
PUT DOWN
1 to put sb/sth carefully in a particular position or on a surface
yatırmak, sermek, koymak
 Before they started they laid newspaper on the floor.
 He laid the child gently down on her bed.
 ‘Don't worry,’ she said, laying her hand on my shoulder.
 note at LIE2
 2 to put sth in the correct position for a particular purpose
döşemek
 They're laying new electricity cables in our street.
EGGS
3 to produce eggs
yumurtlamak
 Hens lay eggs.
PREPARE
4 to prepare sth for use
kurmak, hazırlamak
 The police have laid a trap for him and I think they'll catch him this time.
 Can you lay the table, please?
WITH NOUN
5 (used with some nouns to give a similar meaning to a verb) to put
 They laid all the blame (suçladılar) on him.
 to lay emphasis on something
vurgulamak
IDIOM
get/lay your hands on sb
(informal)
to catch sb
birini yakalamak
 Just wait till I get my hands on that boy!
PHRASAL VERBS
lay sth down
to give sth as a rule
belirtmek, bildirmek
 It's all laid down in the rules of the club.
lay off (sb)
(informal)
to stop annoying sb
rahat bırakmak
 Can't you lay off me for a bit?
lay sb off
to stop giving work to sb
işten çıkarmak
 They've laid off 500 workers at the car factory.
lay sth on
(informal)
to provide sth
düzenlemek, ayarlamak
 They're laying on a trip to London for everybody.
lay sth out
1 to spread out a number of things so that you can see them easily or so that they look nice
sermek;
yaymak
 All the food was laid out on a table in the garden.
 2 to arrange sth in a planned way
düzenlemek
 The new shopping centre is very attractively laid out.
 

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