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/leɪ/ 
| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | lay |
| he/she/it | lays |
| present participle | laying |
| past tense | laid |
| past participle | laid |
Lay the baby on her back.
He laid his coat across the arm of the chair.
We lay flowers on her grave once a week.
Carmen laid her head against my shoulder and fell asleep.
The project is intended to lay the groundwork for future research.
The gunman realized the police had laid a trap and quickly surrendered.
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