Answer to "Deposit, as an egg" crossword clue

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 letter word LAY which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2025.

Deposit, as an egg crossword clue answers

Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.

Answer	Likelyness	Letters
LAY	100 %	3

Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Deposit, as an egg

These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.

• lay
• spawn
• oviposit
• breeze
• kick
• bond
• arc
• armature
• arsenical
• aurora
• avionics
• cataphoresis

Crossword Answer definitions

LAY noun

1. Arrangement or relationship; layout.
2. A share of the profits in a business.
3. A lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance.
4. The direction a rope is twisted.
5. A casual sexual partner.
6. An act of sexual intercourse.
7. A plan; a scheme.
8. (uncountable) the laying of eggs.
9. A layer.

LAY verb

1. To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
2. To cause to subside or abate.
3. To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
4. To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
5. To produce and deposit an egg.
6. To bet (that something is or is not the case).
7. To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
8. To have sex with.
9. To take a position; to come or go.
10. To state; to allege.
11. To point; to aim.
12. (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
13. To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
14. To place (new type) properly in the cases.
15. To apply; to put.
16. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
17. To impute; to charge; to allege.
18. To present or offer.

LAY noun

1. A lake.

LAY adjective

1. Not belonging to the clergy, but associated with them.
2. Non-professional; not being a member of an organized institution.
3. Not educated or cultivated; ignorant.

LAY verb

1. To rest in a horizontal position on a surface.
2. To be placed or situated.
3. To abide; to remain for a longer or shorter time; to be in a certain state or condition.
4. Used with in: to be or exist; to belong or pertain; to have an abiding place; to consist.
5. Used with with: to have sexual relations with.
6. Used with on/upon: to be incumbent (on); to be the responsibility of a person.
7. To lodge; to sleep.
8. To be still or quiet, like one lying down to rest.
9. To be sustainable; to be capable of being maintained.

LAY noun

1. A ballad or sung poem; a short poem or narrative, usually intended to be sung.

LAY noun

1. A meadow; a lea.

LAY noun

1. A law.
2. An obligation; a vow.

LAY verb

1. To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

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