Word.ws English Dictionary

lays the table

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

Meaning of lay the table

Verb

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

  1. Synonym of set the table (“to arrange plates, dishes, etc. in preparation for a meal”).
    Synonyms:
    set the table

Questions about lays the table

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

Words near lays the table in the dictionary

  1. lays store by
  2. lays the dust
  3. lays the groundwork
  4. lays the hammer down
  5. lays the smack down
  6. lays the table
  7. lays to
  8. lays to heart
  9. lays to rest
  10. lays tracks
  11. lays up

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: lays the table (page history and authors); lay the table (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 the table.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/lays_the_table. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.