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not standard In speech, many people use laid instead of lay as the past simple of lie: He laid down and went to sleep.
The meaning of LAID is past tense and past participle of lay.
Laid definition: simple past tense and past participle of lay1. . See examples of LAID used in a sentence.
Synonyms for LAID: put, placed, situated, positioned, deposited, located, disposed, stuck; Antonyms of LAID: removed, took, relocated, replaced, banished, superseded, displaced, supplanted.
LAID definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary. Summary Definitions Synonyms Pronunciation Collocations Conjugations Sentences Grammar. Definition of 'laid' Word Frequency. laid. (leɪd ) B1. Laid is the past tense and past participle of lay 1. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers.
Definition of laid verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Laid is the past participle of the verb, lay, which means set down. So something that has been laid has already been set down. You might scramble up the eggs the chickens laid yesterday. Before your guests come over, your table should have been laid. Or you might examine the foundations that the builder laid down for the house you're building.
v. 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.
LAID definition: past of lay. Learn more.
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.
