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laid

[ leyd ]

verb

  1. simple past tense and past participle of lay 1.


laid

/ ɪ /

verb

  1. the past tense and past participle of lay 1
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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  • ɱ- adjective
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She laid on hands and people said they were healed.

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On Feb. 14, scores of federal staffers were laid off at Health and Human Services’ Office of Head Start in Washington, D.C.

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The new measures, that make passing background checks a legal requirement for all serving officers, will be laid in Parliament on Wednesday and come into effect next month.

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And each person here has been buried with painstaking care, some laid flat, others crouching, all facing from east to west.

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In February, Lief learned that she was one of nearly 150 Pasadena teachers being laid off as the district deals with a reported $37-million budget deficit.

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