Meanings
Verb (5-dan, く)
1. to spread out; to lay out
2. to take a position
3. to impose widely (e.g. over a city)
Pitch accent
Top 7900
Used in vocabulary (11 in total)
to dominate (usu. one's husband)
to lay out a futon; to make a bed
to impose a gag order; to hush up; to order someone not to mention something
Examples (6 in total)
I spread cheese on the bread.
They laid the carpet on the floor.
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
She put clean sheets on the bed.
I would like to purchase a wooden deck panel that can be laid on the porch.
This carpet is big enough to cover the whole floor.