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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Set down according to a plan
Example:
stones laid in a pattern
Synonyms:
laid; set
Classified under:
Similar:
arranged; ordered (disposed or placed in a particular kind of order)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
Past simple / past participle of the verb lay
Context examples:
He observed with astonishment, as he drew near, that the archer's bow was on John's back, the archer's sword by John's side, and the steel cap laid upon the tree-trunk between them.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The supper was laid in a large room, with Union Jacks and mottoes hung thickly upon the walls.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The song had stopped as suddenly as it began—broken off, you would have said, in the middle of a note, as though someone had laid his hand upon the singer's mouth.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
As we emerged from the sitting-room a woman, who had been waiting in the passage, took a step forward and laid her hand upon the Inspector’s sleeve.
(The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"You never laid eyes on me before."
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A plan or design of something that is laid out.
(Layout, NCI Thesaurus)
An indication or description that the laboratory testing conditions laid out in the study protocol have been met.
(Laboratory Test Protocol Test Conditions Occurrence, NCI Thesaurus)
A wound or cleft resulted from tissue separation into parts or laid open or penetrated with a sharp edge or instrument.
(Cut, NCI Thesaurus)
They laid themselves down to sleep again, and then the tailor threw a stone down on the second.
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
A permanent cable to the Monterey Accelerated Research System (MARS) node was laid in 2009, 20 kilometers of which were used in this test.
(Underwater telecom cables make superb seismic network, National Science Foundation)
