Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lay on

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.64 in modern English

Syllables: lay on
IPA

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To provide (food or drinks) for free.

Transitive verb

verb

verb

To apply or implement (something).

Transitive verb

verb

To repeatedly say (particular types of thing).

Transitive verb

verb

To do something excessively.

verb

To cover something with a layer of (something).

Transitive verb

verb

To give (money, drugs, etc.) to (someone).

Slang; Transitive verb

verb

To impart or explain (something) in words to (someone).

Slang; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

"At the conference, they laid on a wonderful buffet."
"Özil has 16 assists in the Premier League and three goals; he has two more goals in the Champions League. On Monday, he took Bournemouth apart in the 2-0 win at the Emirates Stadium, setting up the first for Gabriel and scoring the second himself. Özil laid on a total of nine chances, the majority of them for Walcott."
"Operator Abellio ScotRail doubled the Mon-Sat service from one train in each direction to two from May 2019 - it being something of a self-fulfilling prophecy that if you lay on trains, people might use them."
"He laid on the solicitude pretty thickly."
"He laid on compliments."
"She was fed up him laying on the jokes, which she found insulting."

Usage

Inflected Forms

lays on (present, singular) laying on (participle, present) laid on (participle, past) laid on (past)

Questions

What does lay on mean?: To provide (food or drinks) for free.

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