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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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De la biblioteca

A LION, worn out with years and powerless from disease, lay on the ground at the point of death.
Three Hundred Aesop's Fables, p. 42 · B2
The dead man lay on his back, sprawling with outstretched limbs in the centre of the room.
The Valley of Fear, p. 27 · C1
A cycle map of the county lay on his bedroom table.
The Valley of Fear, p. 74 · C1
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

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