lay on

Language: en

Meaning: (transitive,idiomatic)toprovide(food or drinks) for freeAt the conference, theylaid ona wonderful buffet.; Toprovide2016January 1, David Hytner,The Guardian‎[1]: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. Özillaid ona total of nine chances, the majority of them for Walcott.2022January 26, Stephen Roberts, “Top of the stops: our least used stations”, inRAIL, number949, page56: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 youlay ontrains, people might use them.; (transitive)To apply or implement (something).Helaid onthe solicitude pretty thickly.; (transitive,idiomatic)To repeatedly say (particular types of thing)Helaid oncompliments.She was fed up himlaying onthe jokes, which she found insulting.; To do something excessively.1610–1611(date written),William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, inMr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies[…](First Folio), London:[…]Isaac Iaggard, andEd[ward]Blount, published1623,→OCLC,[Act III, scene ii]:I would I could see / thistaborer! Helays it on.; (transitive)To cover something with a layer of (something).He's going tolay ona coat of primer before painting the wall.; (transitive,slang)Togive(money,drugs,etc.) to (someone).1962,James Baldwin,Another Country, New York, N. Y.:The Dial Press, published January1963,pages3–4:Maybe somebody would see him and recognize him, maybe one of the guys wouldlayenough breadonhim for a meal or at least subway fare.; (transitive,slang,African-American Vernacular)Toimpartorexplain(something) in words to (someone).Laysome wisdomonme, man.; (archaic)Toattackorstrike.1886,Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, translated by H.L. Brækstad,Folk and Fairy Tales, page166:So the lad went back again to the north wind, and said that the goat wasn't worth anything, and he wasn't going to be done out of his meal, not he! "Well," said the north wind, "I have nothing else to give you but that old stick over there in the corner; but it is a good stick, and if you only say, 'Stick of mine,lay on,' itlays on, till you say, 'Stick of mine, leave off.'"; (UK)Togive(something) as a gift, special treat or bonus.; (nautical)To sail towards or to arrive at (a destination).; (nautical)To vigorously row (an oar) to propel a boat or ship.; (obsolete,printing)To feed sheets in for printing one by one.; (colloquial)To blame; to shift blame onto someone or something.He talked to the cops andlaiditonme.

Examples:

EN: If ever you laid on an apple in your life, lay on this one.
ES: Si alguna vez le pegaste a una pelota, pégale a ésta.
EN: # For he bowed his own head # # and lay on the ground #
ES: ♪ Porque él inclinó su cabeza y se tumbó en tierra ♪
EN: Next, a beautiful young girl, violently killed as she lay on a hospital bed recovering from an illness.
ES: La siguiente, una joven hermosa asesinada en la cama del hospital donde se recuperaba de una enfermedad.
EN: Leon lay on.
ES: León sentar en.
EN: As I lay on the ground that night, looking up at you. I realized that I wanted you more than anything else.
ES: Cuando te miraba, tendido en el suelo, me he dado cuenta de que te quiero más que nada en el mundo.
EN: As you lay on the ground that night, Terry. I told you that I loved you. More than anything else.
ES: Cuando estabas tendido en el suelo, te he dicho que te quiero más que a nada en el mundo.
EN: - Mr. Morrison, lay on with a will.
ES: - Sr. Morrison, hágalo con fuerza.
EN: In the Red Sea he lay on the sun deck next to her.
ES: En el Mar Rojo, pasó mucho tiempo junto a ella en la terraza.
EN: Said cabbage to fish cake Who lay on one dish
ES: ♪ Le dijo el repollo al pastel de pescado que estaba en un plato ♪
EN: The guy lay on those sacks when he planted the bomb.
ES: el tipo estaba tirado sobre ellos cuando instaló la bomba.
EN: Sam, lay on those downhauls.
ES: Sam, estira esas candalizas.
EN: Now you'II be alright. - Ain't there something softer to lay on?
ES: Te pondrás bien. - ¿No hay nada más blando que este suelo?
EN: Upon the King. Let us our lives, our souls, our debts, our careful wives, our children... and our sins lay on the King.
ES: Sobre el Rey recaigan nuestras vidas, nuestras almas, nuestras deudas, nuestras prudentes esposas, nuestros hijos
EN: I could lay on like a butcher, and sit like a jackanapes, never off.
ES: Podría resolver como un carnicero y montar como un mono, sin caer.
EN: You think she'll know me if I lay on the make-up?
ES: ¿Crees que me conocerá si me pinto mucho?

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