laid

1. 1
   verb

   Past tense and past participle of lay. Use it for the past, or after has, have, had, is, was or were.

   She laid the baby gently in the crib.

   He laid his keys on the table when he got home.

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2. 2
   verbcolloquial

   Simple past and past participle of lie. Casual and nonstandard: careful English uses lay and lain.

   She laid down on the couch for a quick nap.

   After the long walk, he laid down in the shade.

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3. 3
   adjective

   Showing thin parallel lines pressed in by wires when the paper was made.

   Like the faint stripes you can see when you hold some paper up to a light.

   The old letter was written on laid paper with faint lines.

   You can see thin parallel lines in laid sheets held up to the light.

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