Standard Lemma guide

laid

adj · name · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /leɪd/
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  • rhymes with -eɪd
  • CMU ARPABET: L EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: not-comparable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

name

Meaning 2

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

simple past and past participle of lay

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: colloquial, form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: lay, lain

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

set down according to a plan:

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • a carefully laid table with places set for four people
  • stones laid in a pattern

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: set

Antonyms: none provided

History

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”).

Across languages

Translations

3 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • French: vergé — of paper: ribbed with wires
  • Russian: линованная (linovannaja) — of paper: ribbed with wires
  • Russian: разлинованная (razlinovannaja) — of paper: ribbed with wires