well laid

as incunning

Synonyms for well laid

adj imaginative

Antonyms for well laid

Word Origin & History

past tense and past participle of lay (v.). Laid-up "injured, sick," originally was a nautical term (1769) describing a ship moored in harbor. Laid off "temporarily unemployed" is from 1916. Get laid "have sex" (with someone) attested from 1952, U.S. slang. Laid-back "relaxed" is first attested 1973, perhaps in reference to the posture of highway motorcyclists. Laid up "incapacitated" originally was of ships.

Example Sentences for well laid

Had she, by failing to wait for word from Bentley, ruined all his well laid plans?

The ranches are well laid out, the fruit varieties are of the best.

Then, must he be taken down a button-hole lower, by the lash, well laid on.

The extent of the law, well laid on, will learn him a lesson.

But if the King's object were to secure their absence, the scheme was well laid.

The tints are well laid on: but, if you'll excuse me, it is rather flat.

Our plans are well laid, and we have been through the same mill once before.

It was five and twenty lashes, well laid on; you hears that, well laid on.

When well laid in clay, they are said to last about 15 years.

The plot was well laid, but it failed through the loyalty of the Cossacks.