Antonyms for lain

Grammar : Verb

Spell : leyn

Phonetic Transcription : leɪn

Definition of lain

Origin : past participle of lie (v.2).

verb tell an untruth
verb be prostrate, flat
verb be situated

Example sentences :

The trousers which had lain on the floor beside Hank's bed were no longer there.
Extract from : « Way of the Lawless » by Max Brand

You are all in a flush, now, and have lain down this sheet and said aloud: 'What an idea!
Extract from : « Ester Ried Yet Speaking » by Isabella Alden

Any or all of these emotions might have lain beneath the smoulder in her eyes.
Extract from : « The Leopard Woman » by Stewart Edward White

The suspicion which had lain deep in his mind sprang at once into life.
Extract from : « The Rock of Chickamauga » by Joseph A. Altsheler

For this moment they had lain out in the snow, wet and hungry.
Extract from : « The Hunted Outlaw » by Anonymous

She put hers in it, and it lay there just as it had lain upon the couch.
Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens

Nature was thoroughly exhausted, and he had lain him down to die.
Extract from : « The Life And Adventures Of Nicholas Nickleby » by Charles Dickens

They had lain in the trunk a long time undisturbed; and he examined them musingly.
Extract from : « The Gentleman From Indiana » by Booth Tarkington

The enclosed has lain ready for you, therefore, by direction.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

It is lain there from yesterday morning, till within this half-hour.
Extract from : « Clarissa, Volume 3 (of 9) » by Samuel Richardson

Synonyms for lain

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