Laid

//leɪd//

Definitions

verb

1
simple past and past participle of lay
2
simple past and past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”
Similar
lay lain

adj

1
Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

name

1
A surname.

Word Origin

* As an English surname, from Middle English lade (“river crossing”), from Old English gelād, from lād (“canal, watercourse”). * As an Estonian surname, from the noun laid (“holm, islet”).

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