Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- v. Past tense and past participle of lay1.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Put or set down; thrown down; prostrate.
- Pressed down; pressed.
- In embroidery, stitched upon a ground. Gold and silver thread, and silk cords, are frequently treated in this way.
Wiktionary
- v. simple past tense and past participle of lay.
GNU Webster's 1913
- of lay.
WordNet 3.0
- adj. set down according to a plan:
Examples
“In myriad ways, his term laid bare deep and significant problems with our systems of government and politics.”
“Martin laid down the letter and worked a problem in mental arithmetic, finding the product of fifteen cents times sixty thousand to be nine thousand dollars.”
“Griffin laid out his architecture in the Planetary Society report in summer of 2004, over a year before the law passed.”
“In a speech yesterday, President Barack Obama once again laid out how he plans to address this problem:”
“The struggle of the country's trapped miners has once again laid bare the human costs of such "progress.”
The Huffington Post: Stacy Torres: How My Father Survived Chile's Mines
“Seth Godin laid out an interesting corporate evolution process today:”
“Sometimes, getting laid is more important than killing orc kings.”
"Sometimes, getting laid is more important than killing orc kings."
“Even Robert A. Heinlein never noticed the urge to get laid is greater than the drive to blast off into the ether.”
MIND MELD: Which Predictions Did Golden Age Science Fiction Get Right & Wrong?
“McCain laid out specific actions he would take against Iran, but not say how he would achieve them.”
“Sen. McCain laid out a bold vision of what he intends to accomplish during his first term in a new web ad.”
yarb It is; James were (are?) a great band. Underrated; brilliant pop songwriters. Feb 5, 2008
seanahan That's a great song. Feb 5, 2008
treeseed Something to get
Also a cool song by the band James
James is a rock band from Manchester, England, formed in 1981. After an uphill struggle throughout the 1980s, they went on to become a consistently successful act of the 1990s, scoring a string of hit singles during the decade including "Sit Down" and "Laid".
_Wikipedia Feb 4, 2008
bilby A town in Sutherland, Scotland. Feb 4, 2008
oroboros Dial in reverse. Jul 22, 2007