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laid open

laid open is the simple past and past participle of lay open.

Meaning of lay open

Verb

lay open (third-person singular simple present lays open, present participle laying open, simple past and past participle laid open)

  1. (Japan, South-Korea) To publish a patent for initial public review, prior to the formal application for registration.
  2. (transitive) To expose or reveal (something).
    • to lay oneself open to criticism
  3. (transitive) To open (something) through cutting or scissoring.

Questions about laid open

What is laid open the simple past and past participle of?
Laid open is the simple past and past participle of lay open.

Words near laid open in the dictionary

  1. laid on with a trowel
  2. laid one down
  3. laid one's account
  4. laid one's eyes on
  5. laid one's hands on
  6. laid open
  7. laid out
  8. laid over
  9. laid pipe
  10. laid rope
  11. laid ropes

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Adapted from Wiktionary: laid open (page history and authors); lay open (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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