Antonyms for laid


Grammar : Verb
Spell : leyd
Phonetic Transcription : leɪd


Definition of laid

Origin :
  • past tense and past participle of lay (v.). Laid-up "injured, sick," originally was a nautical term (1769) describing a ship moored in harbor. Laid off "temporarily unemployed" is from 1916. Get laid "have sex" (with someone) attested from 1952, U.S. slang. Laid-back "relaxed" is first attested 1973, perhaps in reference to the posture of highway motorcyclists. Laid up "incapacitated" originally was of ships.
  • verb put, place
  • verb produce, advance
  • verb credit, allocate
  • verb design, plan
  • verb make smooth
  • verb bet, wager
Example sentences :
  • They laid Paralus upon a couch, with the belief that he slept to wake no more.
  • Extract from : « Philothea » by Lydia Maria Child
  • You are, indeed, fortunate in having escaped from the snare he laid for you.
  • Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger
  • Then the whip was brought into requisition, and it was laid on with no light hand.
  • Extract from : « Harriet, The Moses of Her People » by Sarah H. Bradford
  • She lowered her voice as her eyes dilated, and she laid her hand on his arm.
  • Extract from : « The Armourer's Prentices » by Charlotte M. Yonge
  • Why else the disgraceful confinement I have been laid under?
  • Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 1 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson
  • Katherine, in deep distress, laid her hand on the girl's arm.
  • Extract from : « Viviette » by William J. Locke
  • Thank goodness and Mrs. Gray, there are no carpets to be laid.
  • Extract from : « Grace Harlowe's Return to Overton Campus » by Jessie Graham Flower
  • I should not lay so much emphasis on this if so much emphasis were not laid on it in the other direction.
  • Extract from : « The Conquest of Fear » by Basil King
  • All I ask, said Stokes, is to be laid by that officer that I may die in his presence.
  • Extract from : « A Sketch of the Life of Brig. Gen. Francis Marion » by William Dobein James
  • He folded the letter, laid it down by the side of his plate, and began to eat again.
  • Extract from : « Weighed and Wanting » by George MacDonald

Synonyms for laid

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