laid

[leyd]

verb

1. simple past tense and past participle of lay.

laid

/ leɪd /

verb

1. the past tense and past participle of lay 1

Other Word Forms

• well-laid adjective

Example Sentences

These objectives were laid out by China's communist leaders in a strategic plan 10 years ago, called "Made In China 2025".

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Other footage from within the hospital shows bodies laid out in what appears to be a hospital morgue.

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Ishmael started as an editorial assistant and worked her way up to an associate editor position before being promoted to the publication’s style editor this October, just weeks before she was laid off.

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"They preserve microstructural and geochemical signals that tell us not only what kinds of animals laid them, but also where they nested and how they bred," he says.

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The Bihar verdict laid bare a structural truth of Indian politics: attention is not organisation, and media hype without ground strength can backfire.

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Related Words

• arrange 
• establish 
• leave 
• locate 
• plant 
• set 
• settle 
• spread 
• stick