povečati posest z nakupom mejnih njiv

1) (to place, set or put (down), often carefully: She laid the clothes in a drawer / on a chair; He laid down his pencil; She laid her report before the committee.) položiti, odložiti, predložiti

2) (to place in a lying position: She laid the baby on his back.) položiti

3) (to put in order or arrange: She went to lay the table for dinner; to lay one's plans / a trap.) pripraviti

4) (to flatten: The animal laid back its ears; The wind laid the corn flat.) poleči

5) (to cause to disappear or become quiet: to lay a ghost / doubts.) razpršiti

6) ((of a bird) to produce (eggs): The hen laid four eggs; My hens are laying well.) (z)nesti

7) (to bet: I'll lay five pounds that you don't succeed.) staviti

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- layer

- layabout

1) (not a member of the clergy: lay preachers.) laičen

2) (not an expert or a professional (in a particular subject): Doctors tend to use words that lay people don't understand.) navaden

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- layman

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položiti, polagati, odložiti, odlagati, postaviti; (z)nesti jajca, pripraviti (kurjavo, mizo) prekriti podložiti obložiti ( with, tla itd. s čim); nanesti (barvo); predložiti, vložiti (npr. zahtevo, before pri); pripisati, pripisovati (to komu); zasnovati (načrt); poleči (žito); pomiriti, umiriti, ublažiti (veter, valove); military nameriti (top); splesti (vrv); naložiti (kazen), na.ložiti jih komu; zastaviti (čast, glavo); vulgar spolno občevati;

valiti (jajca); staviti

to lay one's accounts with — računati s kom ali čim

to lay an accusation against — obtožiti, vložiti tožbo

to lay an ambush ( —ali snare, trap) — pripraviti zasedo

to lay bare — razgaliti, odkriti

to lay bricks — polagati opeko

to lay blame on — zvaliti krivdo na koga

to lay blows ( —ali stick, it) — on naložiti jih komu

to lay one's bones — položiti svoje kosti, pokopati

to lay claim to — postaviti svojo zahtevo; zahtevati kaj zase

to lay a coat of paint — premazati z barvo

to lay the cloth ( —ali the table) — pogrniti, pripraviti mizo

to lay s.th. to s.o.'s charge ( —ali at s.o.'s door) — zvaliti krivdo na koga

to lay the damages at — zahtevati od koga povračilo za škodo

to lay the dust — poškropiti, da se poleže prah

to lay eyes on — zagledati, opaziti

to lay field to field — povečati posest z nakupom mejnih njiv

to lay fault to s.o. — pripisati komu krivdo

to lay the fire — podkuriti peč

to lay one's finger on — s prstom kaj pokazati, najti

to lay a finger on — položiti roko na koga, tepsti

to lay for — zalezovati, čakati v zasedi

to lay hands on — dobiti v roke, polastiti se, dvigniti roko na koga

to lay hands on o.s. — napraviti samomor

to lay (fast) by the heels — zapreti v ječo

to lay hold on ( —ali of) — zgrabiti, prijeti; figuratively ujeti se za kaj

to lay one's hopes on — veliko pričakovati od, staviti upe na

to lay heads together — stikati glave, posvetovati se

to lay s.th. to heart — gnati si kaj k srau, položiti na srce

to lay a ghost — pregnati duha

to lay an information — against prijaviti koga

to lay low ( —ali in the dust) — podreti, pobiti na tla; figuratively ponižati

to lay lunch — pripraviti mizo za kosilo

to lay open — odkriti, razodeti

to lay o.s. open — izpostaviti se

to lay s.th. on the shelf — odložiti kakšno delo

to lay to sleep ( —ali rest) — položiti k počitku figuratively pokopati

to lay (great, little) store upon — pripisovati (veliko, majhno) važnost čemu

to lay siege — to oblegati

to lay stress ( —ali weight, emphasis) on — dati poseben povdarek čemu

to lay one's shirt on — vse zastaviti

the scene is laid in Paris — odigrava se v Parizu

to lay troops (on) — nastaniti čete (pri)

to lay s.o. under an obligation — naložiti komu nalogo

to lay s.o. under necessity — prisiliti koga

to lay s.o. under contribution — pripraviti koga, da kaj prispeva

to lay a wager — staviti

to lay waste — opustošiti

to lay wait for — čakati koga v zasedi

to lay the whip to s.o.'s back — (pre)bičati koga

the wind is laid — veter se je umiril

od lie4

(zemljepisna) lega, položaj; smer, usmerjenost; delitev ribiškega ulova; slang delo, poklic; American delež pri dobičku, zaslužek, cena, nakupni pogoji

the lay of the land — topografska lega; figuratively situacija, položaj

at a good lay — po primerni ceni

posveten, laičen

lay brother — frater

lay judge — prisednik

lay clerk — cerkveni pevec, župnijski pisar

lay lord — član angl. Zgornjega dorna, ki se ne bavi z zakonodajo

poetically pesem, napev, balada