lay (1) — EN↔HI

lay1

/leɪ ले/ verb [T]

( pt, pp laid /leɪd लेड्‌/ )

1 to put somebody/something carefully in a particular position or on a surface किसी व्‍यक्ति या वस्‍तु को स्थिति विशेष में या किसी सतह पर रखना

He laid the child gently down on her bed.

‘Don’t worry,’ she said, laying her hand on my shoulder.

2 to put something in the correct position for a particular purpose प्रयोजन विशेष से किसी वस्‍तु को सही स्थिति में रखना या डालना

They’re laying new electricity cables in our street.

3 to prepare something for use किसी वस्‍तु को उपयोग के लिए तैयार करना

The police have laid a trap for him and I think they’ll catch him this time.

Can you lay the table please [put the knives, forks, plates, etc. on it]?

4 to produce eggs अंडे देना

Hens lay eggs.

5 (used with some nouns to give a similar meaning to a verb)] to put डालना, देना

They laid all the blame on him [they blamed him].

to lay emphasis on something [emphasize it]

lay something down to give something as a rule किसी बात को नियम के रूप में व्‍यवस्थित करना या नियमबद्घ करना

It’s all laid down in the rules of the club.

lay off (somebody) ( informal ) to stop annoying somebody किसी को और तंग न करना

Can’t you lay off me for a bit?

lay somebody off to stop giving work to somebody किसी को काम से हटा देना

They’ve laid off 500 workers at the car factory.

lay something on ( informal ) to provide something कुछ उपलब्‍ध कराना

They’re laying on a trip to Mumbai for everybody.

lay something out

1 to spread out a number of things so that you can see them easily or so that they look nice वस्‍तुओं को सजाना या प्रदर्शित करना

All the food was laid out on a table in the garden.

2 to arrange something in a planned way किसी वस्‍तु को योजनापूर्वक व्‍यवस्थित करना