lay on
verb- To provide (food or drinks) for free. · At the conference, they laid on a wonderful buffet.
- To provide.
- To apply or implement (something). · He laid on the solicitude pretty thickly.
- To repeatedly say (particular types of thing). · He laid on compliments.· She was fed up him laying on the jokes, which she found insulting.
- To do something excessively.
- To cover something with a layer of (something). · He's going to lay on a coat of primer before painting the wall.
- To give (money, drugs, etc.) to (someone).
- To impart or explain (something) in words to (someone). · Lay some wisdom on me, man.
From the library
A LION, worn out with years and powerless from disease, lay on the ground at the point of death.
The dead man lay on his back, sprawling with outstretched limbs in the centre of the room.
A cycle map of the county lay on his bedroom table.
She lay on the kitchen sofa feverish and restless, while her hoarse breathing could be heard all over the house.
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