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Laid

/leɪd/

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adjective

  1. (of paper) Marked with parallel lines, as if ribbed, from wires in the mould.

verb

  1. To place down in a position of rest, or in a horizontal position.
  2. To cause to subside or abate.
  3. To prepare (a plan, project etc.); to set out, establish (a law, principle).
  4. To install certain building materials, laying one thing on top of another.
  5. To produce and deposit an egg.
  6. To bet (that something is or is not the case).
  7. To deposit (a stake) as a wager; to stake; to risk.
  8. To have sex with.
  9. To take a position; to come or go.
  10. To state; to allege.
  11. To point; to aim.
  12. (ropemaking) To put the strands of (a rope, a cable, etc.) in their proper places and twist or unite them.
  13. To place and arrange (pages) for a form upon the imposing stone.
  14. To place (new type) properly in the cases.
  15. To apply; to put.
  16. To impose (a burden, punishment, command, tax, etc.).
  17. To impute; to charge; to allege.
  18. To present or offer.

Synonyms: ascribe, attribute, becalm, settle down, lie by, lie with, sleep with

verb

  1. To don or put on (tefillin (phylacteries)).

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Laid is a 3-meaning word in English. Shorter words have fewer anagrams.

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