Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In embroidery, stitched upon a ground. Gold and silver thread, and silk cords, are frequently treated in this way.
- Put or set down; thrown down; prostrate.
- Pressed down; pressed.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- imperative, past participle of
lay . - imperative, past participle paper marked with parallel lines or water marks, as if ribbed, from parallel wires in the mold. It is called
blue laid ,cream laid , etc., according to its color.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb Simple past tense and past participle of
lay . - adjective of paper Marked with
parallel lines , as ifribbed , from wires in the mould.
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- adjective set down according to a plan:
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In myriad ways, his term laid bare deep and significant problems with our systems of government and politics.
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The struggle of the country's trapped miners has once again laid bare the human costs of such "progress."
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Seth Godin laid out an interesting corporate evolution process today:
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In a speech yesterday, President Barack Obama once again laid out how he plans to address this problem:
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Martin laid down the letter and worked a problem in mental arithmetic, finding the product of fifteen cents times sixty thousand to be nine thousand dollars.
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Seth Godin laid out an interesting corporate evolution process today:
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Griffin laid out his architecture in the Planetary Society report in summer of 2004, over a year before the law passed.
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Seth Godin laid out an interesting corporate evolution process today:
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oroboros commented on the word laid
Dial in reverse.
July 22, 2007
bilby commented on the word laid
A town in Sutherland, Scotland.
February 4, 2008
treeseed commented on the word laid
Something to get
Also a cool song by the band James
James is a rock band from Manchester, England, formed in 1981. After an uphill struggle throughout the 1980s, they went on to become a consistently successful act of the 1990s, scoring a string of hit singles during the decade including "Sit Down" and "Laid".
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February 4, 2008
seanahan commented on the word laid
That's a great song.
February 5, 2008
yarb commented on the word laid
It is; James were (are?) a great band. Underrated; brilliant pop songwriters.
February 5, 2008