lay+before
91Lay Le Freine — (“Lai of the Ash Tree”) (early 14th century) The Lay Le Freine is an anonymous MIDDLE ENGLISH verse ROMANCE that survives only in the famous Auchinleck manuscript from the early 14th century. The story is based on one of the late 12thcentury… …
92lay out — phrasal verb [transitive] Word forms lay out : present tense I/you/we/they lay out he/she/it lays out present participle laying out past tense laid out past participle laid out 1) to spread something out, or to arrange things so you can see them… …
93lay over — arrive in one place and wait some time before continuing a journey We were told that we will have to lay over in London for nine hours before we go on to Kenya …
94lay in — {v.} To store up a supply of; to get and keep for future use. * /Mrs. Mason heard that the price of sugar might go up, so she laid in a hundred pounds of it./ * /Before school starts, the principal will lay in plenty of paper for the students… …
95lay over — {v.} 1. To put off until later; delay; postpone. * /We voted to lay the question over to our next meeting for decision./ 2. To arrive in one place and wait some time before continuing the journey. * /We had to lay over in St. Louis for two hours… …
96lay in — {v.} To store up a supply of; to get and keep for future use. * /Mrs. Mason heard that the price of sugar might go up, so she laid in a hundred pounds of it./ * /Before school starts, the principal will lay in plenty of paper for the students… …
97lay over — {v.} 1. To put off until later; delay; postpone. * /We voted to lay the question over to our next meeting for decision./ 2. To arrive in one place and wait some time before continuing the journey. * /We had to lay over in St. Louis for two hours… …
98Lay, Kenneth — ▪ 2007 American businessman (b. April 15, 1942, Tyrone, Mo. d. July 5, 2006, Aspen, Colo.), rose from humble beginnings to become chairman and chief executive of Enron Corp. at one time the seventh largest corporation in the U.S. but saw… …
99lay a foundation — verb a) To elicit information from a witness to show that the witness has knowledge of a matter before the witness testifies to the matter itself. In order to lay a foundation for the witness to describe the murder, the prosecutor first had to… …
100lay\ in — v To store up a supply of; to get and keep for future use. Mrs. Mason heard that the price of sugar might go up, so she laid in a hundred pounds of it. Before school starts, the principal will lay in plenty of paper for the students written work …
