Word.ws English Dictionary

lays in

lays in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lay in.

Meaning of lay in

Verb

lay in (third-person singular simple present lays in, present participle laying in, simple past and past participle laid in)

  1. (transitive) To put (something) aside for future use.
    • to lay in a stock / store / supply of something
  2. (transitive) To add (something) to a painting, especially directly onto the blank canvas in the early stages of the work.
    • She uses a round brush to lay in the background.
  3. (prison) To give a lay-in; to allow or require one to remain in one's cell, rather than work, due to injury or illness.

Questions about lays in

What is lays in the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lays in is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lay in.

Words near lays in in the dictionary

  1. lays eyes on
  2. lays for
  3. lays hands on
  4. lays hold on
  5. lays hold upon
  6. lays in
  7. lays in ashes
  8. lays in lavender
  9. lays into
  10. lays it on
  11. lays it on thick

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lays in (page history and authors); lay in (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “lays in.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lays_in. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.