Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lay one's head

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.18 in modern English

Syllables
lay one's -head
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go to bed.

Slang

Usage

Inflected Forms

lays one's head (present, singular) laying one's head (participle, present) laid one's head (participle, past) laid one's head (past)

Questions

What does lay one's head mean?
To go to bed.

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