put in a horizontal position; "lay the books on the table"; "lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
lay eggs; "This hen doesn't lay"
prepare or position for action or operation; "lay a fire"; "lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
impose as a duty, burden, or punishment; "lay a responsibility on someone"
a narrative poem of popular origin
a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
not of or from a profession; "a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease"
characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy; "set his collar in laic rather than clerical position"; "the lay ministry"
be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position;
originate (in);
be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
have a place in relation to something else;
be and remain in a particular state or condition
put into a certain place or abstract loc
LIEU
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"
Instead of
LOCALE
the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
LOCUS
the set of all points or lines that satisfy or are determined by specific conditions; "the locus of points equidistant from a given point is a circle"
the specific site of a particular gene on its chromosome
the scene of any event or action (especially the place of a meeting)
point on a curve
POSIT
(logic) a proposition that is accepted as true in order to provide a basis for logical reasoning
take as a given; assume as a postulate or axiom; "He posited three basic laws of nature"
put before; "I submit to you that the accused is guilty"
put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
PUT
adapt; "put these words to music"
cause (someone) to undergo something; "He put her to the torture"
make an investment; "Put money into bonds"
estimate; "We put the time of arrival at 8 P.M."
arrange thoughts, ideas, temporal events; "arrange my schedule"; "set up one's life"; "I put these memories with those of bygone times"
formulate in a particular style or language;
attribute or give; "She put too much emphasis on her the last statement"; "He put all his efforts into this job"; "The teacher put an interesting twist to the interpretation of the story"
cause to be in a certain state; cause to be in a certain relation; "That song put me in awful good humor"; "put your ideas in writing"
the option to sell a given stock (or stock index or commodity future) at a given price before a given date
put into a certain place or abstract location; "Put your things here"; "Set the tray down"; "Set the dogs on
SET
insert (a nail or screw below the surface, as into a countersink)
the act of putting something in position; "he gave a final set to his hat"
arrange attractively; "dress my hair for the wedding"
put or set (seeds, seedlings, or plants) into the ground; "Let's plant flowers in the garden"
any electronic equipment that receives or transmits radio or tv signals; "the early sets ran on storage batteries"
bear fruit; "the apple trees fructify"
fix in a border; "The goldsmith set the diamond"
representation consisting of the scenery and other properties used to identify the location of a dramatic production; "the sets were meticulously authentic"
converted to solid form (as concrete)
alter or regulate so as to achieve accuracy or conform to a standard;
put into a position that will restore a normal state; "set a broken bone"
(psychology) being temporarily ready to respond in a particu
SETIN
SITE
the piece of land on which something is located (or is to be located); "a good site for the school"
assign a location to; "The company located some of their agents in Los Angeles"
a computer connected to the internet that maintains a series of web pages on the World Wide Web; "the Israeli web site was damaged by hostile hackers"
physical position in relation to the surroundings; "the sites are determined by highly specific sequences of nucleotides"
SITUATE
determine or indicate the place, site, or limits of, as if by an instrument or by a survey; "Our sense of sight enables us to locate objects in space"; "Locate the boundaries of the property"
put (something somewhere) firmly; "She posited her hand on his shoulder"; "deposit the suitcase on the bench"; "fix your eyes on this spot"
STEAD
the post or function properly or customarily occupied or served by another; "can you go in my stead?"; "took his place"; "in lieu of"