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[ leyn ] / leɪn / SEE SYNONYMS FOR lain ON THESAURUS.COM
WORDS THAT MAY BE CONFUSED WITH lain1. laid, lain 2. lain , laneWords nearby lainlaid paper, laid up, laigh, laik, Lailat-ul-Qadr, lain, Laine, Laing, Laingian, laipse, lair Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for lainBut the sins of the 20th century, as devastating as they were, cannot be lain entirely at the feet of its artists. Rehabilitating Italian Futurism at the Guggenheim Museum|David Freedlander|February 21, 2014|DAILY BEAST It had lain dormant all these years: it was there, though, and presently it would rise and confront me. Read ‘The King in Yellow,’ the ‘True Detective’ Reference That’s the Key to the Show|Robert W. Chambers|February 20, 2014|DAILY BEAST “She had been up during the day,” noted Sowell in explanation of how she might have lain down on a neat bed. The Strange and Mysterious Death of Mrs. Jerry Lee Lewis|Richard Ben Cramer|January 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST Rather, they have lain dormant to haunt us in various guises since the Confederacy was brought to heel. The South Has Indeed Risen Again and It’s Called the Tea Party|Jack Schwartz|December 8, 2013|DAILY BEAST
The lion has lain down with the lamb, in other words, and the unanimity seems so surreal that I might as well keep dreaming. The Supremes Get It Right, Naturally.|Sam Kean|June 14, 2013|DAILY BEAST But this morning the energy of life which for those two weeks had lain dormant in him, began to stir again. Dodo's Daughter|E. F. Benson Some light was being shed upon much that had lain in darkness. The Lion's Skin|Rafael Sabatini Jones—On the bed; but there was no sheets: it was a flock-bed, and nobody had lain there a great while. State Trials Vol. 2 (of 2)|Various Nor was it ever recorded that such powerful armies, with their camps pitched so near together, had ever lain so quiet. The History of Rome, Books 37 to the End|Titus Livius The little limp-backed Bible had lain flung open on the ground in the midst of the other trinkets. The Lions of the Lord|Harry Leon Wilson
British Dictionary definitions for lain
verbthe past participle of lie 2 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to lainmislead, promote, misrepresent, deceive, sprawl, sleep, rest, lie down, stretch, belong, remain, spread, exist, prevail, pervert, frame, bull, invent, dupe, beguile |