Synonyms for lain


Grammar : Verb
Spell : leyn
Phonetic Transcription : leɪn

Top 10 synonyms for lain Other synonyms for the word lain

Définition 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

Antonyms for lain

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