laid

L1A1I1D2
/leɪd/

adjective

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

Similar
laylainsetarrangedordered
OriginMiddle English lade ← Old English gelād →
CommonScrabble 5
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

laid1

verb
  1. participlepastsimple past and past participle of lay
  2. colloquialparticiplepastsimple past and past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)

    Synonyms: lay, lain

adjectivelaid (not comparable)
  1. not comparableMarked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

Laid2

proper noun
  1. A surname.

Synonyms & antonyms

More synonyms by meaning

adjectiveset down according to a plan

Similar
setarrangedordered
Also see
arrangedlainorderedset

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

  1. Old Englishgelād
  2. Middle Englishlade“river crossing”
  3. EnglishLaid

* 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”).

More words from Middle English, Old English

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

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

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with laid

madetradepaidgradeaidupgradedisplayedarcadebladedecadeafraiddelayedparaderaidshadeprepaidwademaidsuedecascadefadeaideunpaidpersuade
All rhymes →

Anagrams

dialdaliDailAdilLidaDilaAlid
Cite this entry
APA

laid. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laid

MLA

“laid.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laid. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “laid,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/laid.

Source: laid on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.