[lay down] vt (13c) 1: to give up: surrender "lay down your arms"
2. a: establish, prescribe "lay down a scale for a map" b: to assert or command dogmatically "lay down the law"
3: store, preserve
4. a: to direct toward a target "lay down a barrage" b: to hit along the ground "laid down a sacrifice bunt" ~ vi, nonstand: to lie down