Lain

Quick meaning: Lain is a verb meaning past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”).

Meaning

past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”).

More Meanings

1. (nonstandard) past participle of lay (“to put down”)
2. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about.

Example Sentences

He had lain there for many hours.

The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.

I ascended to my room, and lay down upon the bed. A whole hour I must have lain thus, with my head resting upon my hand.

Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger

Word Forms

• lains
• laining
• lained

Synonyms for lain

Depending on context, synonyms include laid.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reposed, reclined, spent, visited, coated, dryads.

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