(a) To lie down, lie in bed; ~ with, lie with (sb.), ?have sexual intercourse with; (b) to lie down obediently, crouch submissively; cower timidly; (c) to make (a dog) lie down; (d) refl. to lie down.

(a) To spread or lay (sth. on a surface); lay on or impose (gold or silver foil); (b) ppl. couched, overlaid (with gold), set (with jewels), decorated, adorned; ornamented with designs in couched work; couched werk, a kind of embroidery in which colored thread or gold thread, jewels, etc. are laid on with a special stitch; (c) couched, of jewels: embedded or inlaid (in a setting), set; also fig.

(a) To lay (sth., somewhere), put down; ~ in (under) clai, bury; ~ adoun his bile, put down his bill, go to sleep; (b) to lay (things) together in proper relative position, arrange; ~ togeder, ~ up; ~ fir, lay a fire; (c) to lower (a spear) for attack.