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

Rahaf immediately set up what she called "a shrine" to her sister Sara, with photographs and mementoes, including her watch, carefully laid out on a bookcase.

From BBC

When she was about 5, she disappeared for hours to a dark henhouse to see how chickens laid eggs, so absorbed that she was oblivious to her family’s frantic search for her.

From Los Angeles Times

All officers are required to follow standards of professional behaviour laid out in law.

From BBC

On the tables, copies of Ursula and the Image Makers issues were laid out in waves, slowly disappearing as the night continued.

From Los Angeles Times

Mr Syafeii also laid out the dilemma with the use of heavy equipment, such as cranes and excavators.

From BBC

Related Words

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