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- 1. past and past participle of lay
laid. us / leɪd /. Add to word list. Add to word list. past participle of past simple lay: He laid the book on the table. Note: not standard In speech, many people use laid instead of lay as the past simple of lie: He laid down and went to sleep.
laid. past and past participle of lay; placed on a surface: laid down his burden; to put into a certain state: laid carpet. Not to be confused with: lade – load; to put cargo on board a ship; to lift out of, as a fluid: lade soup; to burden: laden with debt.
Check pronunciation: laid. Definition of laid verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
to put or place in a position that is flat; set down:[ ~ + object] to lay a book on a desk. to knock or beat down:[ ~ + object] One punch laid him low. to put or place in a particular position:[ ~ + object] The dog laid its ears back. to cause to be in a particular state or condition:[ ~ + object] Their motives were laid bare.
Synonyms for LAID: put, placed, situated, positioned, deposited, located, disposed, stuck; Antonyms of LAID: removed, took, relocated, replaced, banished, superseded, displaced, supplanted.
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/leɪd/ IPA guide. Laid means "set down." If you built a brick wall, and then when it's done your neighbor complains that the wall crosses onto his property, tell him, "too late! The brick has already been laid ." Laid is the past participle of the verb, lay, which means set down. So something that has been laid has already been set down.
