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lay (non-clergy) adjective [UK: leɪ] [US: ˈleɪ] | laicaadjective laicoadjective |
lay (non-professional) adjective [UK: leɪ] [US: ˈleɪ] | profanaadjective profanoadjective |
lay [laid, laid, laying, lays] (to deposit an egg) verb [UK: leɪ] [US: ˈleɪ] | deporreverbGeckos lay eggs. = I gechi depongono uova. |
lay [laid, laid, laying, lays] (to have sex with) verb [UK: leɪ] [US: ˈleɪ] | giacereverbJohn lay awake in bed. = John giaceva sveglio a letto. |
lay [laid, laid, laying, lays] (to leave something somewhere) verb [UK: leɪ] [US: ˈleɪ] | lasciareverb |
lay [laid, laid, laying, lays] (to place something down in a position of rest) verb [UK: leɪ] [US: ˈleɪ] | porreverb posareverb |
lay [laid, laid, laying, lays] (to prepare groundwork, table etc.) verb [UK: leɪ] [US: ˈleɪ] | disporreverb |
lay an egg (to produce a failure or flop) verb | |
lay bare (reveal) verb [UK: leɪ beə(r)] [US: ˈleɪ ˈber] | rivelareverb |
lay day (day in which a vessel may load or unload a cargo without paying an extra charge) noun | stallianoun |
lay of the land (physical characteristics of the terrain or surrounding natural environment) noun | configurazione del terrenonoun |
lay off (to dismiss workers from employment) verb [UK: leɪ ɒf] [US: ˈleɪ ˈɒf] | licenziareverb |
lay siege (to engage in a siege, see also: besiege) verb | assediareverb |
lay the groundwork (To provide the basics) verb | |
layabout [layabouts] (lazy person) noun [UK: ˈleɪə.baʊt] [US: ˈleɪə.baʊt] | perdigiornonoun sfaccendatonoun |
layer [layers] (hen kept to lay eggs) noun [UK: ˈleɪə(r)] [US: ˈleɪər] | ovaiolanoun |
layer [layers] (single thickness of some material covering a surface) noun [UK: ˈleɪə(r)] [US: ˈleɪər] | stratonoun |
layering (a method of propagating plants by rooting cuttings) noun [UK: ˈleɪər.ɪŋ] [US: ˈleɪər.ɪŋ] | margottanoun propagginazionenoun |
layman [laymen] (someone who is not an ordained cleric) noun [UK: ˈleɪ.mən] [US: ˈleɪ.mən] | laiconoun profanonoun |
layperson [laypersons] (one who is not a cleric) noun [UK: ˈleɪ.pɜːs.n̩] [US: le.ˈpɝː.sn̩] | laicanoun laiconoun |
layperson [laypersons] (one who is not intimately familiar with a given subject) noun [UK: ˈleɪ.pɜːs.n̩] [US: le.ˈpɝː.sn̩] | profananoun profanonoun |
laytime (amount of time specified in a charter party for a vessel's loading and unloading) noun | stallianoun |
adventure playground (playground) noun | parco Robinsonnoun |
basal layer (the deepest layer of the epidermis) noun | strato germinativonoun |
baseball player (a person who plays baseball) noun [UK: ˈbeɪs.bɔːl ˈpleɪ.ə(r)] [US: ˈbeɪs.bɒl ˈpleɪ.r̩] | giocatore di baseballnoun giocatrice di baseballnoun |
basketball player (person who plays basketball) noun [UK: ˈbɑː.skɪt.bɔːl ˈpleɪ.ə(r)] [US: ˈbæ.skət.ˌbɒl ˈpleɪ.r̩] | cestistanoun giocatore di basketnoun giocatrice di basketnoun |
belay [belayed, belaying, belays] (to secure a rope to a cleat) verb [UK: biː.ˈleɪ] [US: biː.ˈleɪ] | assicurareverb dar voltaverb |