Definition of lay:

part of speech: verb

To place, or cause, to lie down; to calm; wager; produce eggs.

part of speech: noun

Pertaining to the laity.

Common misspellings * :

• ly (4.4%)
• sighns (0.4%)
• ley (0.4%)
• layd (0.8%)
• glazy (0.4%)
• layed (90.0%)
• lasy (0.4%)
• laye (0.8%)
• elay (0.4%)
• lyed (1.2%)
• lay'd (0.8%)

Usage examples :

• Then he lay still. "More Jataka Tales", - Re-told by Ellen C. Babbitt

• We lay around a little longer. "Private Peat", - Harold R. Peat

• " I thought I'd lay down," she explained. "Entire PG Edition of The Works of William Dean Howells", - William Dean Howells