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