In the past tense lay becomes laid last week i laid down the law and told her it was inappropriate for her to pick her nose and lie becomes lay yesterday she lay down for a nap that afternoon and picked her nose anyway.
Laid out on the floor.
Lay someone out informal knock out fell floor knock unconscious knock for six kayo slang he turned round marched over to the man and just laid him out.
Use the row of tiles from the above step as a guide and lay out additional tiles in an l shape.
Laid out rendered supine or unconscious as due to a blow or the effects of drugs or alcohol.
Use a d when there is a direct object.
When it is hot and dry the windows are closed and burlap mats are soaked in water and laid on the floor of the curing rooms.
Lay someone up informal confine to bed hospitalize incapacitate he was recovering from a knee injury that laid him up for six months.
At one point the jacket was taken out of its protective packaging and laid on the floor of a cell to photograph.
Most verbs after all can be conjugated into the past tense by adding the suffix ed.
Here s where it can get a bit tricky.
Layed out is a misspelling of the phrase laid out.
Tom was still laid out on the pavement by the time the paramedics arrived.
Writers who aren t familiar with the verb lay might understandably think that it forms layed in the simple past tense.
Continue by dividing the floor into sections of a manageable size.
Because you need a direct object only with lay you will know that the past tense is laid.
So when you say i lay down for a nap you re actually using the verb lie not lay despite the way it sounds.
I was pretty much laid out after that final pint the only thing i could do was lie in a booth at the corner of the bar.
And lay on the floor.
I felt sick so i lay down.
She laid the blanket on the floor when i asked.
Yes lay is also the past tense of lie.
The correct direction for laying hardwood floors.
Lay out the tile by dividing the floor into sections of a manageable size such as 2 by 3 foot squares.
The past tense of lie is lay but not because there is any overlap between the two verbs.
Laid out lay oneself out to put in a great deal of.
While personal preference is a factor the direction in which you run hardwood flooring boards is governed by visual and structural guidelines.