(intransitive) to tend to, to have a tendency
(transitive) to spread, to stretch out
(transitive) to lay (cable)
(transitive) to make (a bed)
(transitive) to hang up (clothes)
(transitive) to build (a bridge across an expanse)
(transitive) to extend (the hand)
(transitive) to floor (with a punch), to stretch out
(transitive) to cast (a net)
(transitive) to set (a trap)
(transitive) to coat (with plaster)
(reflexive) to lay oneself down