Clear your doubt - Lay vs Lie

Clear your doubt - Lay vs Lie

Lay is an irregular transitive verb (lay / laid/ laid - laying). It needs a direct object. It means to put something or someone down (often in a horizontal postion).

For example: "Lay your head on the pillow."

Lie is an irregular intransitive verb (lie / lay / lain - lying). It does not take a direct object. It means to rest in a horizontal position¹ or to be located somewhere².

For example: "If you are tired lie here and have a rest."¹
"Nottingham lies in the Midlands."²

Lie also means to say something that isn't true but it takes the following form (lie / lied / lied - lying).