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Laid   /leɪd/   Listen
Laid

adjective
1.
Set down according to a plan:.  Synonym: set.  "Stones laid in a pattern"


Lay

verb
(past & past part. laid; pres. part. laying)
1.
Put into a certain place or abstract location.  Synonyms: place, pose, position, put, set.  "Set the tray down" , "Set the dogs on the scent of the missing children" , "Place emphasis on a certain point"
2.
Put in a horizontal position.  Synonyms: put down, repose.  "Lay the patient carefully onto the bed"
3.
Prepare or position for action or operation.  "Lay the foundation for a new health care plan"
4.
Lay eggs.
5.
Impose as a duty, burden, or punishment.



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"Laid" Quotes from Famous Books



... the Cross peace was made, My debt by His death was all paid; No otter foundation is laid, For peace the ...
— The One Great Reality • Louisa Clayton
... to the bedside, laid my hand on her wrist, and watched her closely as I questioned her—cough incessant; respiration rapid; temperature high, I judged; ...
— The Heavenly Twins • Madame Sarah Grand
... regarded by Hegesippus in whom the expression "[Greek: he henosis tes ekklesias]" is first found. In his view the [Greek: ekklesia] is founded on the [Greek: orthos logos] transmitted by the Apostles. The innovation does not consist in the emphasis laid upon faith, for the unity of faith was always supposed to be guaranteed by the possession of the one Spirit and the same hope, but in the setting up of a formulated creed, which resulted in a loosening of the connection between faith and ...
— History of Dogma, Volume 2 (of 7) • Adolph Harnack
... was both flattering and stimulating. If a woman expects her husband to do things he just has to do them. He has no choice. "Don't you worry. You haven't been out of work since we were married 'cept the three months you was laid up with inflamm't'ry rheumatiz. The way I look at it is this: the good Lord must have meant us to have Mary Rose or he wouldn't have taken her mother an' her father an' all her relations but us. Seems if he didn't send us any of ...
— Mary Rose of Mifflin • Frances R. Sterrett
... - Here we are at Newport in the house of the good Fairchilds; and a sad burthen we have laid upon their shoulders. I have been in bed practically ever since I came. I caught a cold on the Banks after having had the finest time conceivable, and enjoyed myself more than I could have hoped on board our strange floating menagerie: stallions and monkeys and matches ...
— Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson - Volume 2 • Robert Louis Stevenson


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