2. to invest (ONLY in a financial sense. Not for time. And usually only used with "Geld". Most phrasings use the word "investieren", especially for investing in particular stocks.)
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3. to lay out, to create (In the sense of designing an area like a garden for instance.)
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4. to push it, to have it coming ("es auf etwas anlegen" - purposefully pushing toward or past some sort of trigger threshhold, even though you know that it might not be a good idea.)
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5. to take on someone, to confront ("sich anlegen mit" - in the sense of going up against)
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6. to lay at, against (In the literal sense of laying an object next to (touching) another object. ONLY used in VERY few contexts, like some board games for example. Or ears to the head. For 99% of cases, "ranlegen" is the idiomatic word.)
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