laid

English · Français · Thesaurus

AI In plain words

Writing a short explanation…

Written by a house AI from the entry below, in your language. The entry itself is the source.

laid^¹

/leɪd/

Rhymes with -eɪd

verb

participle, past simple past and past participle of lay
colloquial, participle, past simple past and past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)
Similar: lay, lain

adjective

not comparable, of paper Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

Laid^²

Where it comes from

* As an English surname, from Middle English lade (“river crossing”), from Old English gelād, from lād (“canal, watercourse”).

* As an Estonian surname, from the noun laid (“holm, islet”).

proper noun

A surname.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: set, ordered, arranged, raised, listed, attached, installed, contained, borne, put, projected, buried, designed, scheduled, paved, scope

Translations

Every language

adj of paper: ribbed with wires

Français	vergé
Русский	линованная linovannaja, разлинованная razlinovannaja

Talk about this word

Cite this

MLA

"laid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/laid. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

laid. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/laid

Chicago

"laid." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/laid.

BibTeX

@misc{laid_2026,
  title = {laid},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/laid},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}