lay

/leɪ/

意味: 詩、歌（古風）

例文: Fluffin sang a gentle lay by moonlight.
　　  フラッフィンは月明かりの下でやさしい歌を歌った。

言葉のよくある組み合わせ: lay down(横たわる), lay eggs(卵を産む), lay the table(テーブルを準備する)

定義: 物を平らに置くことや、何かを設置することを指します。また、動物が卵を産むことも意味します。人が横になることを表すこともあります。

layは約20,000語に1回程度の頻出度です。

口語性、形式性、抽象度、感情度

水平グラフ: 会話での使われやすさ、フォーマル度、抽象度（具体・概念）、感情度を示します。数値が高いほど、その特徴が強いことを表します。

感情分析

レーダーチャート: 怒り、期待、嫌悪、恐れ、喜び、悲しみ、驚き、信頼、ポジティブ、ネガティブの強さを示します。

　年代別単語頻度グラフ

このグラフは、1900年からの単語出現頻度の推移を示しています。値は ×10⁻⁸ スケールで表示されています。

　

Definitions(定義)

Noun: a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
Noun: a narrative poem of popular origin
Verb: put into a certain place or abstract location
Verb: put in a horizontal position
Verb: prepare or position for action or operation
Verb: lay eggs
Verb: impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
Verb: be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position
Verb: be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position
Verb: originate (in)
Verb: be and remain in a particular state or condition
Verb: tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive
Verb: have a place in relation to something else
Verb: assume a reclining position
Adjective: characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
Adjective: not of or from a profession

Parts of Speech(品詞)

Noun, Verb, Adjective

Examples(例文)

感情分析に使用された例文：

She will lay the book on the table.(彼女は本をテーブルに置く。)
Birds lay eggs in the spring.(鳥は春に卵を産む。)
Please lay your cards on the board.(カードをボードに並べてください。)

 

Word Netから抽出した例文：

Verb: Put your things here
Verb: Set the tray down
Verb: Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children
Verb: Place emphasis on a certain point
Verb: lay the books on the table
Verb: lay the patient carefully onto the bed
Verb: lay a fire
Verb: lay the foundation for a new health care plan
Verb: This hen doesn’t lay
Verb: lay a responsibility on someone
Verb: The sick man lay in bed all day
Verb: the books are lying on the shelf
Verb: The problems dwell in the social injustices in this country
Verb: lie dormant
Verb: Don’t lie to your parents
Verb: She lied when she told me she was only 29
Verb: The fate of Bosnia lies in the hands of the West
Verb: The responsibility rests with the Allies
Verb: lie down on the bed until you feel better
Adjective: set his collar in laic rather than clerical position
Adjective: the lay ministry
Adjective: a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease

Synonyms/Antonyms(類語/反意語)

Synonyms(類語): ballad, consist, dwell, laic, lay, lie, lie down, lie in, place, pose, position, put, put down, repose, rest, secular, set

Antonyms(反意語): arise, sit, stand

Hypernyms/Hyponyms(上位語/下位語)

Hypernyms (General categories)(上位語): be, change posture, exist, lay, levy, misinform, move, organize, poem, put, song

Coordinate Terms(同じ上位語をもつもの): abecedarius, abound, accept, account, account for, act, advance, agitate, alcaic, answer, anthem, appear, appose, aria, arise, arrange, attend, bake, balance, ballad, ballade, barcarole, barrel, be well, beat, beat around the bush, bed, begin, belong, blank verse, blow, bottle, bow, brandish, breathe, bucket, bury, butt, buy, center, center on, change hands, chase away, circulate, clap, clean, cock, coexist, coffin, cohere, come, come in for, come in handy, compact, compare, confuse, connect, consist, contain, continue, cost, count, cover, cram, cut, cut across, dandle, deceive, deck, depend, deserve, dirge, disagree, disarrange, dislocate, displace, dispose, distrain, distribute, ditty, diverge, docket, drag, draw, drinking song, drive, drop, dwell, elegy, embattle, emplace, end, endanger, engage, ensconce, epic poem, expel, extend, exteriorize, face, fall, feel, figure, fit, flick, flow, fluctuate, folk song, follow, free verse, funnel, gape, glide, glycerolize, go, gravitate, ground, haiku, hail, hang, head, herd, hit, hold, hoodoo, hum, hunch, hustle, imbricate, impend, incarnate, indwell, inhabit, insert, install, intersperse, iridesce, jar, jumble, juxtapose, kick around, kill, ladle, lateralize, launch, lay, lean, lend, let go, lie, lie down, lied, lift, litter, load, loiter, look, love song, lower, lubricate, lullaby, lyric, make, make sense, marshal, measure, middle, misplace, mobilize, mope, mount, mulct, nestle, object, occupy, oldie, osculate, overstate, overturn, owe, parallelize, park, partsong, pay, perch, pigeonhole, pile, pillow, plant, play, point, poise, populate, position, postpose, pour, preexist, prepose, press, press down, prevail, promise, propel, prothalamion, prove, pull, pulse, pump, push, put, put out, race, rack up, rage, rail, raise, rake, range, rank, rate, reach, rebury, recess, recline, recognize, reimpose, relate, religious song, relocate, remain, replace, repose, reposition, represent, rest, retard, right, rock, roll, rondeau, roundelay, rout out, run, run into, rut, saltate, sandbag, sandwich, scan, scolion, seat, seem, seethe, sell, send, separate, serenade, set, set down, set up, settle, shelve, shift, shine, ship, sign, singsong, sink, siphon, sit, sit down, sit up, situate, slide, sling, slip, sonnet, sow, space, sparkle, spatchcock, specify, spill, squat, stagnate, stand, stand back, stand by, station, stay, step, stick, stink, stir, straddle, straighten, stratify, stretch, subtend, suck, suffer, suit, superimpose, superpose, swim, swing, take back, tanka, tax, tee, tend, terza rima, test, throw, tithe, toll, torch song, total, transfer, translate, transmit, transplant, transport, trench, trim, tug, turn, uncurl, underlay, underlie, unseat, unwind, upend, uproot, upstage, verse, versicle, want, wash, wedge, whistle, wind, woosh, work, work song

Hyponyms (Specific examples)(下位語): appose, arrange, back, barrel, bask, bed, blow, bottle, bucket, bury, butt, cap, charge, clap, cock, coffin, cram, dispose, docket, dominate, edda, emplace, ensconce, fib, flank, front, glycerolize, ground, head, imbricate, insert, install, intersperse, intervene, jar, juxtapose, ladle, lap, lay, lean, lie awake, line, load, localize, look out on, marshal, mediate, middle, minstrelsy, misplace, nestle, orient, overlie, parallelize, park, perch, perjure, pigeonhole, pile, pillow, plant, poise, position, postpose, precede, prepose, prostrate, rack up, rail, rebury, recess, recline, recumb, replace, repose, reposition, rest, ride, romance, seat, set, set down, settle, shelve, ship, sign, siphon, situate, slant, sow, space, spawn, sprawl, stand, step, stratify, stretch, sun, superimpose, superpose, tee, throw, top, trench, underlay, underlie, upend

Derivationally Related Words(派生語)

Derivationally Related Words: balladeer, laity, layer, liar, lie, lying, place, placement, position, positioner, set, setting

Categories(カテゴリー)

Domain Categories: general

Usage Category: formal

Usage Context: conversation, descriptive

Grammatical Notes:
intransitive verb, transitive verb

Prefixes/Suffixes(接頭辞/接尾辞)

Prefixes(接頭辞):

Suffixes(接尾辞): y

Exam Level

高校レベル

英検準2級

Media Appearance(メディア登場例)

Books(洋書): Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland, Atomic Habits, Diary of a Wimpy Kid 1, Holes

Movies(映画): Frozen, The Bad Guys, Zootopia

Other Information(その他)

Is Abstract?(抽象的な言葉?) Yes

Is Emotion Word?(感情的な言葉?) No

Emotion Categories: