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trayed

trayed is the simple past and past participle of tray.

Meaning of tray

Verb (1)

tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed)

  1. (transitive) to place (items) on a tray
    • Be sure to tray eggs with the large end up.
  2. (intransitive) to slide down a snow-covered hill on a tray from a cafeteria.
    • Traying has provided collegiate fun and the occasional fatality for decades.

Verb (2)

tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to grieve; to annoy

Verb (3)

tray (third-person singular simple present trays, present participle traying, simple past and past participle trayed)

  1. (obsolete, transitive) to betray

See all 13 meanings of tray

Questions about trayed

What is trayed the simple past and past participle of?
Trayed is the simple past and past participle of tray.

Words near trayed in the dictionary

  1. traycase
  2. traycased
  3. traycases
  4. traycloth
  5. traycloths
  6. trayed
  7. Trayer
  8. Trayers
  9. trayf
  10. trayful
  11. trayfuls

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