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Word entry · 4 letters

lain

Best crossword clue

"Rested flat"

4 letters · collected on this word page

4 lettersPronunciation /leɪn/Sorted ailnStarts with LEnds with N1 cluesCommon crossword word
1L2A3I4N

Definitions

  1. Rested or been positioned horizontally.

Word origin

From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”).

Used in a sentence

  • 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.

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