Definition of laid Laid

/lejˈd/ - [leyd] - laid

We found 7 definitions of laid from 6 different sources.

What does laid mean?

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Adjective

laid, laider, laidest

laid - set down according to a plan:"a carefully laid table with places set for four people"; "stones laid in a pattern"

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Wiktionary

laid (Adjective)
Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

laid (imp. & p. p.)
of Lay.
laid (imp. & p. p.)
of Lay

Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕

laid
lād, adj. put down, prostrate: pressed down.—Laid paper, such as shows in its fabric the marks of the close parallel wires on which the paper-pulp was laid in the process of its manufacture:—opp. to Wove-paper, that laid on woven flannels or on felts. [Pa.t. and pa.p. of Lay.]

Sailor's Word-BookThe Sailor's Word-Book ⛵

laid
A fisherman's name for the pollack. Also, a term in rope-making, the twist being the lay; single-laid, is one strand; hawser-laid, three strands twisted into a rope; cablet-laid, three ropes laid together; this is also termed water-laid.

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laid, verb, past participle of lay (infinitive).
laid, verb, past simple of lay (infinitive).

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