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
- 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
- accredit
- address
- adduce
- aim
- allay
- allege
- alleviate
- allot
- appease
- apply
- arrange
- ascribe
- assess
- assign
- assuage
- attribute
- bear
- bring forth
- bring forward
- burden
- calm
- cast
- charge
- cite
- concoct
- contrive
- deposit
- devise
- direct
- dispose
- encumber
- establish
- even
- fix
- flatten
- flush
- gamble
- game
- generate
- give odds
- hatch
- hazard
- impose
- impute
- incline
- iron
- leave
- level
- locate
- lodge
- offer
- order
- organize
- plane
- plant
- play
- plot
- point
- posit
- position
- prepare
- present
- press
- put forward
- quiet
- refer
- relieve
- repose
- rest
- risk
- saddle
- set
- set down
- set out
- settle
- spread
- stake
- steam
- stick
- still
- submit
- suppress
- systematize
- tax
- train
- turn
- work out
- yield
- zero in
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