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To give up, surrender, or yield
“Immediately cease resistance, lay down your weapons, and voluntarily leave your positions.”
To enact or establish legally or legislatively
“You will note that the court did not legislate nor profess to lay down a new law.”
To specify or define something
“This creates a need to lay down the proper procedure for the prosecution of wildlife crimes.”
To state a fact or belief confidently and forcefully
“Rather than lay down his thoughts about the appropriate form of government, Winthrop used the occasion to remind his listeners that their success depended on remaining a community bound together by love.”
(of an object) To put in a particular position or location
To produce a new recording of
To establish or stipulate as a previous condition
To have established or stipulated as a previous condition
To preserve in a form that ensures it will be protected and respected
To carry forward the stake and winnings from a bet onto a subsequent wager
To yield to someone or something
To declare or announce in a formal or solemn way
To lie down
To have enacted or established
To hold or maintain
To mark out the boundary or limits of
To declare loudly, openly or publicly
Past tense for to extend one's arms, legs and body out while lying down
“Lie down on the beach and soak up the sun's rays.”
Past tense for to fall or lie down or flat on a surface
Past tense for to rest or engage in an enjoyable activity so as to become less tired or anxious
Past tense for to recline or lie down to relax
Past tense for to lie down or go to bed with the intention of sleeping
Past tense for to surrender to, or to be conquered by
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