Definition: a narrative poem of popular origin
Definition: a narrative song with a recurrent refrain
Main entry: put, place, pose, position, set, lay
Definition: put into a certain place or abstract location
Usage: Put your things here; Set the tray down; Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children; Place emphasis on a certain point
Main entry: put down, repose, lay
Definition: put in a horizontal position
Usage: lay the books on the table; lay the patient carefully onto the bed
Main entry: lay
Definition: lay eggs
Usage: This hen doesn't lay
Main entry: lay
Definition: prepare or position for action or operation
Usage: lay a fire; lay the foundation for a new health care plan
Main entry: lay
Definition: impose as a duty, burden, or punishment
Usage: lay a responsibility on someone
Main entry: lay
Definition: not of or from a profession
Usage: a lay opinion as to the cause of the disease
Main entry: secular, laic, lay
Definition: characteristic of those who are not members of the clergy
Usage: set his collar in laic rather than clerical position; the lay ministry