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单词 to lay in
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to lay in
to lay in
1. transitive. See simple senses and in n.1to lay in an oar, mentioned as an accompaniment of setting sail; also absol. (in quot. c1300). to lay in the oars: to unship them.
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c1300 Havelok (Laud) (1868) 718 Sone dede he leyn in an ore, And drou him to þe heye se.
c1400 (?c1380) Patience l. 106 Þay layden in on laddeborde & þe lofe wynnes.
1485 W. Caxton tr. Thystorye & Lyf Charles the Grete sig. bvij/2 Whan the thorne was drawen fro the crowne, he took hys syght, and whan it was layed in ageyn he recouuerd his heeryng.
1599 George a Greene sig. E4 [Shoemaker speaks in the road] Stay till I lay in my Tooles.
1769 W. Falconer Universal Dict. Marine Transl. French Terms Leve-rame!, Unship the oars! the order to the rowers to lay in their oars.
1867 W. H. Smyth & E. Belcher Sailor's Word-bk. Lay in the oars, unship them from the rowlocks, and place them fore and aft in the boat.
2. To place in store; to provide oneself with a stock of. Also said of ‘taking in’ food; hence absol. to feed vigorously (now vulgar). †Also occasionally to put stores into, stock (a place).
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the world > food and drink > food > consumption of food or drink > eating > processes or manners of eating > eat via specific process [verb (intransitive)] > eat heartily
to lay in1579
to fall aboard——1603
to eat (also work) like a horse1707
to play a good knife and fork1809
tuck1810
stoke1882
to mug up1897
the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > lay in a supply of
to fet ina1556
to lay in1662
store1719
to get in1869
to turn down1891
the mind > possession > supply > provide or supply (something) [verb (transitive)] > provide or supply (a person or thing) with anything > stock (a place, etc.) with something
fillOE
store1264
pitchc1300
stuffc1386
fretc1400
replete?a1425
enstorea1450
engrange1480
plenish1488
freightc1503
people1581
stocka1640
stack1652
bestore1661
to lay in1662
1579 L. Tomson tr. J. Calvin Serm. Epist. S. Paule to Timothie & Titus 297/2 If a man bee giuen to quaffing and laying in, he careth not..howe other be prouided for.
1625 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) 200 And to be Laid in, and Stored vp, and then Deliuered out in Proportion.
1662 W. Gurnall Christian in Armour: 3rd Pt. 179 We see in a Town besieged, though it be well laid in with Corn..what streights they are soon put to.
1677 in Hist. MSS Comm.: 12th Rep.: App. Pt. V: MSS Duke of Rutland (1889) 37 in Parl. Papers (C. 5889–II) XLIV. 393 I have laid you in some beare.
1698 J. Fryer New Acct. E.-India & Persia 246 They observe this Maxim, Always to lay in Ballast, they eating heartily.
1709 J. Addison Tatler No. 131. ⁋3 A great Magazine of Wines that he had laid in before the War.
1855 T. B. Macaulay Hist. Eng. III. xv. 589 The rustic Jacobites were laying in arms.
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xvi. xi. 438 So soon as we have horses, it will not appear strange that we lay in a little hay.
1889 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Robbery under Arms vii Then..the eggs and bacon—my word! how Jim did lay in.
3. To put in (a claim). Also absol.
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society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (intransitive)] > put forward a claim
claim1303
to call upon ——1472
represent1498
to lay in1603
to lay claim toa1616
title1633
society > morality > dueness or propriety > [verb (transitive)] > claim > make (a claim)
to lay in1710
1603 R. Knolles Gen. Hist. Turkes 123 The countie of Tripolis laied in for himselfe, that hee was descended from Raymund of Tholous.
1710 J. Addison Whig Examiner No. 5. ⁋2 After this short preface by which..I lay in my claim to be a Politician, I shall enter on my discourse.
1734 in N. Bouton Provinc. Papers New-Hampsh. (1870) IV. 842 There is a new Church erected at the South end of Boston and they are laying in for Mr. Brown.
1747 tr. Mem. Nutrebian Court I. x. 169 She applied to the then acting ministers, laying in her claim to her principality.
4. intransitive. To scheme or exert oneself to do something. to lay in for: to make one's object, lay oneself out for, exert oneself to gain. Obsolete.
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the world > action or operation > endeavour > make an attempt or endeavour [verb (intransitive)] > strive or struggle
hiec888
to stand inc1175
wrag?c1225
wrestle?c1225
stretcha1375
strivec1384
pressc1390
hitc1400
wring1470
fend15..
battle1502
contend?1518
reluct1526
flichter1528
touse1542
struggle1597
to lay in1599
strain?1606
stickle1613
fork1681
sprattle1786
buffet1824
fight1859
the world > action or operation > endeavour > attempt [verb (transitive)] > attempt to obtain or attain
to found toOE
keepc1000
seekc1000
throwa1393
minta1400
intentc1450
to try for1534
sue1548
attempt?c1550
reachc1571
assay1595
put1596
to lay in for1599
climba1616
captate1628
court1639
obseek1646
solicit1717
to make a bid for1885
1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1629) 178 There is scant any office or estate can fall void, but they lay in by all meanes to get into it.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 502 If thou lay in for faith, come with an heart empty of other thoughts.
1681 J. Dryden Absalom & Achitophel To Rdr. p. i If I happen to please the more Moderate sort, I shall be sure of..the best Judges..And, I confess, I have laid in for those, by rebating the Satyre..from carrying too sharp an Edge.
5. transitive (Agriculture). To enclose or reserve (a meadow) for hay. Cf. to lay up 2 at Phrasal verbs (b).
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the world > food and drink > farming > cultivation or tillage > cultivation of plants or crops > cultivation of specific crops > [verb (transitive)] > crop with grass or hay > close meadow to grow hay
to lay in1600
to lay down1608
to shut up1765
to put up1892
1600 Sc. Acts Jas. VI (1816) IV. 228/1 Þatt all persones quha hes teillit..ony pairt..of his maiesteis..or vtheris commounteis..That they within ȝeir & day..lay in the samyn commounteis agane.
1701 W. Kennett Cowell's Interpreter (new ed.) sig. Rvb, at Falcatura Meadows hay'd, or laid in for Hay.
1851 Jrnl. Royal Agric. Soc. 12 ii. 387 The proportion of hay is not great, the meadows are ‘laid in’ in April and May.
6. Horticulture (a) To place in position (the new wood of a trained tree). (b) (See quot. 1898.)
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the world > food and drink > farming > gardening > management of plants > [verb (transitive)] > train
rail?1387
trail1398
train?1440
conduct1477
to lay in1802
espalier1810
trellis1818
set1845
1802 W. Forsyth Treat. Fruit-trees ii. 31 It is too common a practice to lay-in the shoots at full length.
1890 R. D. Blackmore Kit & Kitty III. xiv. 185 I can lay a tree in straight enough, but I am out of my line telling things.
1898 Wright & Dewar Johnson's Gardener's Dict. 548/2 Laying-in is a gardener's term for training the branches of espaliers and wall-trees. Laying-in-by-the-heels is his mode of describing a plant's having the roots roughly buried in the soil for some temporary purpose.
7. Printing. (See quot. 1683.)
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1683 J. Moxon Mech. Exercises II. Dict. 383 When the Press-man lays Sheets on the Tympan, it is stiled Laying in Sheets.
8. ? To put (hounds) into cover. Obsolete.
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1735 W. Somervile Chace ii. 150 Here, Huntsman, bring..all thy jolly Hounds, And calmly lay them in.
9. To paint (a picture or some of its parts) in the first unfinished stage.
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society > leisure > the arts > visual arts > painting and drawing > painting > art of colouring > colour [verb (transitive)] > lay on a colour > lay on preparatory layer
dead-colour1658
to lay in1676
1676 C. Beale Pocket-bk. in H. Walpole Vertue's Anecd. Painting (1763) III. i. 74 Moneys paid my son Barth. for work, laying in the draperys of his mother's pictures.
a1806 J. Barry in R. N. Wornum Lect. on Painting (1848) 215 Painting upon a darkish ground..will..tend to..destroy the purity..of all your lighter tints, particularly if you do not employ a great body of colour in the laying them in.
1859 G. A. Sala Gaslight & Daylight ii. 24 The whitewasher..is summoned to ‘lay in’ the great masses of colour.
1886 Pall Mall Gaz. 8 Oct. 4/2 An artist ‘laid in’ a picture for an amateur, who muddled on with it for awhile and got it accepted at the Academy, but the artist who had laid the picture in was himself rejected.
10. To lay (a cloth); = sense 35b. Obsolete.
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the world > food and drink > food > setting table > [verb (transitive)]
layc1300
spreadc1300
setc1386
servec1405
cover1563
to lay in1788
lie1809
fix1842
1788 G. Colman Ways & Means i. i. 4 The cloth is laid in it for breakfast.
11. To ‘run and fell’ (a seam). Obsolete.
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1611 [see to lay down 12 at Phrasal verbs].
12. To deliver, ‘get in’ (a blow); to shed, ‘turn on’ (tears).
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the world > movement > impact > striking > strike [verb (transitive)] > deal or give (a stroke or blow)
setc1300
smitec1300
layc1330
drivec1380
slentc1380
hit?a1400
to lay ona1400
reacha1400
fetchc1400
depart1477
warpc1480
throw1488
lenda1500
serve1561
wherret1599
senda1627
lunge1735
to lay in1809
wreak1817
to get in1834
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas I. ii. ii. 188 Jacintha was by his bed-side, laying in her tears by wholesale.
1809 B. H. Malkin tr. A. R. Le Sage Adventures Gil Blas III. vii. i. 17 I had no sooner laid in this home stroke [etc.].
1864 T. Carlyle Hist. Friedrich II of Prussia IV. xv. xiii. 204 A sharp brush of fighting; not great in quantity, but laid in at the right moment.
13. To discontinue working (a colliery). Also, to withdraw from use, render inactive.
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society > occupation and work > industry > mining > mine [verb (transitive)] > discontinue working (a colliery)
to lay in1846
1846 M. A. Richardson Local Historian's Table-bk. V. 78 Several collieries having been laid in this day.
1894 Standard 25 Apr. 6/5 The effect of the Bill would be, they believed, to lay in one-fifth of all that capital.
1896 Daily News 28 Sept. 7/5 The miners at Haswell Colliery, county Durham, finished bringing their gear to bank on Saturday, and the pits are now laid in.
14. intransitive (Nautical) To come in from the yards after reefing or furling. (Cf. lie in at to lie in 3 at lie v.1 Phrasal verbs.)
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1860 H. Stuart Novice's or Young Seaman's Catech. (rev. ed.) 46 The outside men will lay out and unclamp the booms,..then lay in again.
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Basketball. To bounce (the ball) off the backboard into the basket. Cf. lay-in n.
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1976 J. Scott Bill Walton iii. 111 Silas grabs the ball and lays it in, making it 4–0 Denver.
1987 New Yorker 19 Jan. 28 Twice, she stole the ball beneath her own basket and raced coast-to-coast to lay it in.
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