lay for in English

Forms: lays for [present, singular, third-person], laying for [participle, present], laid for [participle, past], laid for [past] [Show additional information ▼] [Hide additional information ▲]

Head templates: {{en-verb|lay<,,laid> for}} lay for (third-person singular simple present lays for, present participle laying for, simple past and past participle laid for)

Inflected forms

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lay<,,laid> for"
      },
      "expansion": "lay for (third-person singular simple present lays for, present participle laying for, simple past and past participle laid for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The sheriff's department sent some officers to lay for him."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them."
      ],
      "id": "en-lay_for-en-verb-VJ1PE3do",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, transitive) To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lay for"
}

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{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "lays for",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laying for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid for",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "laid for",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "lay<,,laid> for"
      },
      "expansion": "lay for (third-person singular simple present lays for, present participle laying for, simple past and past participle laid for)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English phrasal verbs",
        "English phrasal verbs with particle (for)",
        "English slang",
        "English transitive verbs",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The sheriff's department sent some officers to lay for him."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them."
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, transitive) To wait (for someone) in order to surprise or attack them."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "slang",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "lay for"
}

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"lay for" meaning in English

Verb

Inflected forms