Do you tell a dog to lay down or lie down?

Do you tell a dog to lay down or lie down?

Laid is the past tense of lay; lay is the past tense of lie. … When I told Rooster to lie down, he lay down. Finally, laid is the past participle form of lay, and lain is the past participle form of lie. Rooster had laid his rawhide chew in the ivy patch at the corner of the house.

How do you use laying and lying?

Lay means "to place something down flat," while lie means "to be in a flat position on a surface." The key difference is that lay is transitive and requires an object to act upon, and lie is intransitive, describing something moving on its own or already in position.

Do you say laying around or lying around?

In this context, 'lying around' is, according to the way I was taught English, correct. 'Laying around' is incorrect. The two verbs 'to lie' and 'to lay' are frequently misused, more often by native speakers, unfortunately. 'To lay' is a transitive verb.

What is the verb of lie?

Lie is a verb which means 'to be in or put yourself into a flat position'. It is an irregular verb and it doesn't take an object. The -ing form is lying and the past simple is lay.