the world > space > relative position > posture > action or fact of lying down or reclining > lie down or recline [verb (transitive)] > lay down or cause to lie down (4)
With mixture of sense 1. To place (a person, one's limbs, oneself) in a recumbent posture in a specified place. to be laid: to lie down, recline…
transitive. To place in a recumbent or prostrate position. Often reflexive (†in early use conjugated with to be). †Also, to bring to bed of a…
Said of animals; almost always reflexive or passive. archaic.