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lay on

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  1. To provide (food or drinks) for free. (transitive) · At the conference, they laid on a wonderful buffet.
  2. To provide.
  3. To apply or implement (something). (transitive) · He laid on the solicitude pretty thickly.
  4. To repeatedly say (particular types of thing). (transitive) · He laid on compliments.· She was fed up him laying on the jokes, which she found insulting.
  5. To do something excessively.
  6. To cover something with a layer of (something). (transitive) · He's going to lay on a coat of primer before painting the wall.
  7. To give (money, drugs, etc.) to (someone). (slang, transitive)
  8. To impart or explain (something) in words to (someone). (slang, transitive) · Lay some wisdom on me, man.
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Alice noticed with some surprise that the pebbles were all turning into little cakes as they lay on the floor, and a bright idea came into her head.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 28 · B2
It still lay on the veranda, and Nagaina came nearer and nearer to it, till at last, while Rikki-tikki was drawing breath, she caught it in her mouth, turned to the veranda steps, and flew like an arrow down the path, with Rikki-tikki behind her.
The Jungle Book, p. 82 · B2
She lay on the kitchen sofa feverish and restless, while her hoarse breathing could be heard all over the house.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 137 · C1
Hurst sang with her sister; and while they were thus employed, Elizabeth could not help observing, as she turned over some music-books that lay on the instrument, how frequently Mr.
Pride and Prejudice, p. 56 · B2

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