lain

Speech parts

1. lain - Verb

Derived from lie

3. Lain - Proper noun

Meaning

of Lie, v. i.

of Lie

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

rest consist situated favorable inclined disposed dwell mislead recline dissemble lie down misinform dissimulate located be found

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Antonyms

foxy academic artificial sophisticated designing strained

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Phrases with the word

To be lain lain down lain in

Anagrams

anil nail Ilan INLA Lani Lian Lina LNAI Nila

Examples

Adversity has the effect of eliciting talents, which in prosperous circumstances would have lain dormant. Horace

There is a road that turning always Cuts off the country of Again. Archers stand there on every side And as it runstime's deer is slain, And lies where it has lain. Edwin Muir

How often have I lain beneath rain on a strange roof, thinking of home. William Faulkner

Rummaging in our souls, we often dig up something that ought to have lain there unnoticed. Leo Tolstoy

She is coming, my own, my sweet; Were it ever so airy a tread, My heart would hear her and beat, Were it earth in an earthy bed; My dust would hear her and beat, Had I lain for a century dead; Would start and tremble under her feet, And blossom in purple and red. Alfred, Lord Tennyson

You canot know the bugs of a bed that you have not lain on. Swahili Proverb

Close letter words and terms

Laila Lailah laimosphere lain down lain in Laindon