What's the difference between laid and plaid?

Laid


Definition:

  • (imp. & p. p.) of Lay.
  • (imp. & p. p.) of Lay

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Stress is laid on certain principles of diagnostic research in the event of extra-suprarenal pheochromocytomas.
  • (2) Lead levels in contents and shells of eggs laid by hens dosed with all-lead shot were about twice those in eggs laid by hens dosed with lead-iron shot.
  • (3) Many examples are given to demonstrate the applications of these programs, and special emphasis has been laid on the problem of treating a point in tissue with different doses per fraction on alternate treatment days.
  • (4) Special emphasis is laid on the new or unusual clinical patterns of dystonia as well as on the latest advances in its treatment.
  • (5) Hawking's latest comments go beyond those laid out in his 2010 book, The Grand Design , in which he asserted that there is no need for a creator to explain the existence of the universe.
  • (6) The building blocks were laid out in a sweeping document presented by Van Rompuy and colleagues earlier this week that included sharing debt in the form of jointly issued eurobonds.
  • (7) vittatus eggs laid on damp mud were placed in dry rockpools for 10 weeks and kept dry for a further 6 weeks in the laboratory.
  • (8) Subculturing of these cells onto substrata laid down by well differentiated (mature) colon carcinoma cells resulted in cell attachment and spreading.
  • (9) An area on top of a hill near to the spot where Sharon was laid to rest alongside his late wife, Lily, was penned off with crash barriers.
  • (10) As she was laid to rest fireworks illuminated the grey sky.
  • (11) I think rightly, people have been concerned about whether Syria will follow through on the commitments that have been laid forth, and I think there are legitimate concerns as to how technically we are going to be getting those chemical weapons out while there is still fighting going on.
  • (12) It will be the first time that governments have clearly laid out a vision of accessible usable data across the entire chain of public contracting.
  • (13) It is argued that this assumption is often made without sufficient attention to foundational principles of professional ethics; that once core principles are laid bare this assumption is revealed as largely unwarranted; and, finally, that these observations at the level of moral theory should be reflected, in various ways, in medical practice.
  • (14) In another, Underwood and his aide are monitoring police communications from his office – and laid out on their desk are no fewer than nine iPhones and iPads.
  • (15) A photo circulating among former school friends, which appears to show Abdullah dead and laid out on the ground, has been seen by the Guardian.
  • (16) The flowers were made and laid by thousands of people who had travelled to Hyde Park from around Britain for the Big IF rally.
  • (17) The best option for the west is to avoid taking sides and instead try to contain the crisis at a time when the region needs dialogue more than ever.” Officials and analysts with ties to Riyadh say it was just a timeline laid out by the judicial process.
  • (18) There are solutions to this and it is to be hoped that a more workable amendment will be laid very soon.
  • (19) Behind the mild-mannered, laid-back exterior, the extraordinary calm, is a man of great steeliness and backbone," said one adviser.
  • (20) On the basis of these observations, stress is laid on the importance of atrial rhythm disease as a cause of acute cerebral ischaemia in the elderly subject

Plaid


Definition:

  • (n.) A rectangular garment or piece of cloth, usually made of the checkered material called tartan, but sometimes of plain gray, or gray with black stripes. It is worn by both sexes in Scotland.
  • (n.) Goods of any quality or material of the pattern of a plaid or tartan; a checkered cloth or pattern.
  • (a.) Having a pattern or colors which resemble a Scotch plaid; checkered or marked with bars or stripes at right angles to one another; as, plaid muslin.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) It may not point to independence – nor, given that large swaths of Wales remain firmly dominated by Labour, mean any huge advance for Plaid Cymru.
  • (2) Now remarried, and a father, he is standing for Plaid Cymru, again in the Cardiff Bay seat.
  • (3) He asked for details of farm subsidies paid to opposition politicians including the Welsh Tory leader, Andrew RT Davies, the Welsh Liberal Democrat chief, Kirsty Williams, and Plaid Cymru's Llyr Huws Gruffydd.
  • (4) A spokesperson for Plaid Cymru said: “On 5 May, Wales chose not to elect one single party to govern Wales with a majority.
  • (5) In Scotland and Wales respectively, the major parties are joined by the Scottish National party and Plaid Cyrmu.
  • (6) We find that as the stereo depth separation of the two component gratings increases, the probability of seeing a plaid declines.
  • (7) She added that Plaid Cymru wanted the SDC to be retained in Wales.
  • (8) Her answer was prompted by a question last week from Plaid Cymru's sustainability spokesperson Leanne Wood AM.
  • (9) Her first major initiative was to set up an economic commission headed by the former Plaid MP Adam Price, one of the party's brightest sparks.
  • (10) The Welsh Liberal Democrats also called last night on the coalition Plaid Cymru-Labour Welsh government to join the growing campaign.
  • (11) He had always subscribed to the pacifist principles at the heart of Plaid Cymru's philosophy.
  • (12) Compared with Scotland, Plaid and Welsh independence seem beached.
  • (13) Only in Wales does something resembling political orthodoxy seem to be holding; but then again, it is not that long since Plaid Cymru was temporarily booting Labour out of some of its post-industrial heartlands.
  • (14) With the aid of a series of demonstrations (plus two formal experiments) we (1) propose a new explanation for the fact that edge line terminators in a "barber pole" display are perceived as intrinsic; (2) show that inner line terminators in a plaid pattern (i.e.
  • (15) This is why decisive action is needed to protect our social housing to make sure it is available for those who need it most.” Dyfed Edwards, the Welsh Local Government Association spokesperson for housing and a Plaid Cymru councillor in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, said: “With many thousands of people currently on housing waiting lists, and at a time of acute shortages of affordable homes, the proposal from Welsh government to abolish right to buy is a welcome step in tackling a growing problem in Wales.” Mark Isherwood, the Welsh Conservative shadow minister for housing, was unimpressed.
  • (16) Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood tackled him on the subject during the seven-way discussion, saying it was scaremongering and that he should be ashamed of himself.
  • (17) Follow the right people At the time of writing, Murdoch follows only four people: @jack (Twitter's executive chairman, Jack Dorsey); @markpinc (co-founder of Zynga, which makes social games such as FarmVille); @plaid_page (an account apparently run for Google's Larry Page); and @Lord_Sugar (the artist formerly known as S'ralan).
  • (18) Plaid Cymru has socialism in our aims, to create a decent socialist world.
  • (19) She anticipated that Plaid Cymru activists and members of the Welsh assembly would travel to Scotland to help the yes campaign during the referendum campaign, using up their summer holidays.
  • (20) Labour left reeling in Wales as Plaid Cymru takes Rhondda Read more Ukip made a breakthrough , winning seven seats , including one for the disgraced former Tory minister Neil Hamilton.