Definitions for lain

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Spelling: [leyn]

IPA: /leɪn/

Lain is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 4 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 6 points.

You can make 36 anagrams from letters in lain (ailn).

Definitions for lain

noun

1. a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
2. something intended or serving to convey a false impression; imposture:
3. an inaccurate or false statement; a falsehood.
4. the charge or accusation of telling a lie:
5. the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: Synonyms: place, location, site.
6. the haunt or covert of an animal.
7. Golf. the position of the ball relative to how easy or how difficult it is to play.

verb

1. past participle of lie2 .

Idioms

1. give the lie to, to accuse of lying; contradict. to prove or imply the falsity of; belie:
2. lie in one's throat / teeth, to lie grossly or maliciously: Also, lie through one's teeth.
3. lie down on the job, Informal. to do less than one could or should do; shirk one's obligations.
4. lie in state. state (def 24).
5. lie low. low1 (def 51).
6. lie to, Nautical. (of a ship) to lie comparatively stationary, usually with the head as near the wind as possible.
7. take lying down, to hear or yield without protest, contradiction, or resistance:

Verb phrases

1. lie by, to pause for rest; stop activities, work, etc., temporarily. to lie unused:
2. lie down, to assume a horizontal or prostrate position, as for the purpose of resting.
3. lie in, to be confined to bed in childbirth. Chiefly British. to stay in bed longer than usual, especially in the morning.
4. lie over, to be postponed for attention or action at some future time:
5. lie up, to lie at rest; stay in bed. (of a ship) to dock or remain in dock.
6. lie with, to be the duty or function of: Archaic. to have sexual intercourse with.

verb (used with object)

1. to bring about or affect by lying (often used reflexively):

verb (used without object)

1. to speak falsely or utter untruth knowingly, as with intent to deceive. Synonyms: prevaricate, fib.
2. to express what is false; convey a false impression.
3. to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
4. (of objects) to rest in a horizontal or flat position: Antonyms: stand.
5. to be or remain in a position or state of inactivity, subjection, restraint, concealment, etc.:
6. to rest, press, or weigh (usually followed by on or upon):
7. to depend (usually followed by on or upon).
8. to be placed or situated:
9. to be stretched out or extended:
10. to be in or have a specified direction; extend:
11. to be found or located in a particular area or place:
12. to consist or be grounded (usually followed by in):
13. to be buried in a particular spot:
14. Law. to be sustainable or admissible, as an action or appeal.
15. Archaic. to lodge; stay the night; sojourn.

Origin of lain

before 900; (noun) Middle English; Old English lyge; cognate with German Lüge, Old Norse lygi; akin to Gothic liugn; (verb) Middle English lien, Old English lēogan (intransitive); cognate wit

Examples for lain

The trousers which had lain on the floor beside Hank's bed were no longer there.

The suspicion which had lain deep in his mind sprang at once into life.

It had lain dormant all these years: it was there, though, and presently it would rise and confront me.

For this moment they had lain out in the snow, wet and hungry.

Any or all of these emotions might have lain beneath the smoulder in her eyes.

The lion has lain down with the lamb, in other words, and the unanimity seems so surreal that I might as well keep dreaming.

You are all in a flush, now, and have lain down this sheet and said aloud: 'What an idea!

But the sins of the 20th century, as devastating as they were, cannot be lain entirely at the feet of its artists.

Rather, they have lain dormant to haunt us in various guises since the Confederacy was brought to heel.

“She had been up during the day,” noted Sowell in explanation of how she might have lain down on a neat bed.