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Laid

//leɪd// adj, name, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould. not-comparable
Adjective
  1. 1
    set down according to a plan wordnet
Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
Verb
  1. 1
    simple past and past participle of lay form-of, participle, past
  2. 2
    simple past and past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”) colloquial, form-of, participle, past

Etymology

* 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”).

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