Meaning

2 senses

  1. (transitive)To seize; catch; apprehend.

  2. (transitive)To obtain.

Examples

26 sentences

  1. Tom laid out a plan of attack.

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  2. Our hens laid a lot of eggs yesterday.

    ruВчера наши курицы снесли много яиц. — ae5s

    deUnsere Hennen haben gestern eine Menge Eier gelegt. — Manfredo

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  3. They laid the foundation of the house.

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  4. The chicken has laid a lot of eggs.

    ruКурица снесла много яиц. — marafon

    deDas Huhn hat viele Eier gelegt. — sakslane

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  5. The teacher laid down some rules of good behaviour.

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Translations

1 languages

Forms

lays hold of, laying hold of, laid hold of, laid hold of
Base formlay hold of · to lay hold of
3rd person singularlays hold of
Present participlelaying hold of
Past simplelaid hold of
Past participlelaid hold of

irregular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theylay hold of
he, she, itlays hold of

Past simpleLesson

all personslaid hold of

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave laid hold of
he, she, ithas laid hold of

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill lay hold of

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
laxativelayB1layerB1laymanlayoff

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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