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laid on

verb

past tense of lay on
1
as in applied
to put a layer of on a surface she lays the butter on so thickly that you hardly taste the bagel

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2
as in employed
chiefly British to provide with a paying job lay on more staff for the busy tourist season in the Lake District

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for laid on
  1. applied
  2. employed
  3. spread
  4. hired
  5. laid
  6. recruited
  7. smeared
Verb
  • The village of Robbins, which applied for $350,000, received $150,000, according to the data.
    — A.D. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 20 Sep. 2026
  • Its ability to withstand stamping is important because battery components often need to be shaped into complex forms after the coating is applied.
    — Neetika Walter, Interesting Engineering, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of applied
Verb
  • The seed may have been employed as a painkiller or as a social and cultural practice still influencing its modern use.
    — Devika Rao, TheWeek, 21 Sep. 2026
  • Once employed for red-carpet transformations for some ultra-glamorous lengths, extensions are increasingly becoming an everyday styling tool as a way to add density, movement, or just a few extra inches without fundamentally changing a cut.
    — Anna Cafolla, Vogue, 20 Sep. 2026
Definition of employed
Verb
  • Mayor Mamdani’s aides violated city rules and state law in using the disappearing Signal app to send messages to internet influencers to help them to spread word of the mayor’s achievements.
    — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Extracting it economically remains difficult because uranium atoms are spread across vast volumes of water.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of spread
Verb
  • The Colombian military veterans had been hired as security contractors by the Doral-area firm Counter Terrorist Unit and its affiliate, Counter Terrorist Unit Federal Academy, collectively known as CTU.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 22 Sep. 2026
  • Commissioners hired Sean Newton as Downs’ replacement in March but fired him just five months later in a 3-2 vote.
    — Nora O'Neill, Charlotte Observer, 22 Sep. 2026
Definition of hired
Verb
  • In the third minute, Wilson drove toward the endline and laid it off at the top of the box to Nina Nijstad, who calmly finished for the 1-0 lead — the first NWSL goal for the Dutch international.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2026
  • The establishment of a local team and official channels has therefore laid the foundation of the business, consolidating demand that was previously dispersed across unofficial channels into a direct relationship with the brand.
    — Advertorial, Footwear News, 19 Sep. 2026
Definition of laid
Verb
  • The security companies, Counter Terrorist Unit and its affiliate, Counter Terrorist Unit Federal Academy, collectively known as CTU, recruited former soldiers of Colombia’s military as contractors.
    — Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 24 Sep. 2026
  • She is gradually recruited into the household’s emotional weather.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 24 Sep. 2026
Definition of recruited
Verb
  • One prank involved Quan, Capshaw, and Harrison Ford surprising Spielberg with ice cream smeared all over their faces for one take.
    — Marina Watts, Entertainment Weekly, 19 Sep. 2026
  • The bombshell discovery in the little red dot spectra was that the colors of hydrogen were smeared out across multiple shades.
    — Quanta Magazine, Quanta Magazine, 14 Sep. 2026
Definition of smeared
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“Laid on.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/laid%20on. Accessed 27 Sep. 2026.

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